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10. or a married woman, being buried 4. Theserulings must be obeyed, if (bujan, palu) one hundred lashes, and if Malacca --- proves Samudera Pasai’s
up to not a Divine curse married to be buried to the waist and to important position. It is told in the text
11. the waist [and being] thrown with 5. will be entitledfor God’s sake for be stoned. 8 that a scholar in the field of Sufism
stone till die those who disobey theserulings. Samudera Pasai also witnessed the named Maulana Abu Ishak lived in
development of Malay into a medium for Arabia. He had written a book entitled
12. if [one] is refused to be stoned, if a Like in the Munye Tujoh inscription, Durr al-Manzum and he intended to uses
Mandalika Arab-Islamic influence is also visible conveying religious messages. It should his book to teach in Malacca. Malacca’s
in the Trengganu inscription. In view of be noted that despite its diminishing ruler, Sultan Mansur Shah, not only
C 1. a single being punished by ten mid role as a center of political power and
three. If he … the fact that it is written in Jawi script, trade anddespite the fact that its role welcomed Maulana Abu Ishak’s intention
One can say that Arab-Islamic influence but even himself became attracted to
2. a minister who is single being is far more powerful than any other was being replaced by Malacca in the the study of Sufism. Consequently, he
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punished by seven pieces ofgold inscriptions with later dates. Specifically early 14 century, Samudera Pasai’s wanted Maulana Abu Ishak’s book to be
coins and [ten] related to the Trengganu inscription, position as a center of Islamic learning translated into Malay so that it could be a
survived. This had to do with the fact that
3. mid three. If asingle leader, he the following points are important. First, the government highly respected and source for the study of Islam in Malacca.
were punished by five pieces of in the Trengganu inscription, God is supported Islamic studies. Ibn Batutta’s For that purpose, Sultan Mansur Shah
gold co(ins...) called the “Dewata Mulia Raya”, but journal from the 14 century reflects sent the book to Pasai to be translated.
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the Prophet Muhammad is called “the
4. seven pieces of gold coins is the Messenger of Allah” (Rasul Allah) and it a similar condition. According to him, The ruler in Samudera Pasai ordered a
same for the Treasurerand if o(ne) still uses “the servants of Dewata Mulia Sultan Malik al-Zahir ---Samudra Pasai’s cleric, Makhdum Patakan, to carry out
5. who is free; and the seventh duty Raya” rather than “the servants of Allah” second ruler --- observed the prayers the Sultan of Malacca’s request and after
in the palace mosque, and after he had
he had acquitted himself of this task, the
is a woman (hamba Allah) to address the Muslim finished his prayer he used to recite the book was returned to Malacca. Sultan
community. Second, the inscription
6. cannot get married if she commits already uses the names for days and Qur’an. He was also known as being Mansur Shah was delighted when he
adultery, in which she is single. months as they are known in the Arab- very close and paying honors to scholars received the translation of the book and
D 1. If not, she will be fined to pay a Muslim world. Third, Arabic words and of Islamic law. he showed the translation to the book’s
author, Maulana Abu Ishak.
gold coin or the equivalent. The expressions are used side by side with Therefore, entering the 15 century when
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ninth Sanskrit, while the Malay has become Malacca was developing into a leading Other remarkable texts include various
increasingly dominant. Fourth, a more Islamic kingdom in the Archipelago, stories concerning the life of the Prophet
2. His Royal Highness [said] whoever complete set of affixes is used including Samudera Pasai continued to be Muhammad such as the Hikayat Nur
does not […] the fine
me-, ber-, di-, se, -kan, -nya, and-kau. regarded as a center of Islamic studies. Muhammad (containing a story of the
3. [that] is made for yourchild or your Fifth, there is a strong tendency to A story in the Sejarah Melayu (Malay prophet Muhammad since the early
grandchild, your player or your carry out the punishment for adulterers Annals), a classic Malay texts and the emanative process of the world’screation
family (Sanskrit: balacara); if single or widowed traditional source for information about from his light), Hikayat Bulan Berbelah

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