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MSS 05 (1315/1897) consists of two books (162 folios), 
ālib al-Ma
lub (A Seeker of the Sought) and 
ājāt va Munājāt (Needs and the Inward Prayers). The former is a poem consisting of 1785 bayts, which deals with divine love and compliments concerning the divine essence. The latter is also concerned with the same issues, but this complimentary work is written in prose form, with the addition of some poetry. The manuscript is kept in the museum.
MSS 06 (1317/1899) is a theological discourse named—Tarjamat al-Bayān (the Clarity of Meaning). It includes 11 chapters with 2241 verses, in which 17 Qur
ānic verses are interpreted. It is mainly concerned with the refutation of Evil and the role of the six eminent prophets (i.e., Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad) and the Ismā
īlī Imams in the physical world. The manuscript is in the museum.
MSS 07 (1318/1900) contains Dāstān-i Tafsīr-i Āyāt-i Kalām dar
aqīqat-i Mujādila-yi Iblīs va Ādam (Commentary on the Qurānic Verses Concerning the Truth about Satan and Adam’s Dispute). This poem consists of 12 chapters (fasl), including 2241 bayts, in which 59 verses from the Qurān are discussed and provided with commentaries (tafsīr). These commentaries mainly deal with the general theological issues, such as Satan’s disobedience and refutation of God’s command, Adam and Eve’s banishment from paradise and the morality behind these events. The original manuscript is located in the museum.
MSS 08 (1320/1902) also includes two of his major works, Risāla-yi Chihil Dunyā (Treatise of the Forty Worlds) and Qatrat al-Bahr (A Drop from the Ocean), which are composed according to the classic Ismāīlī principle of the exoteric (
āhir) and esoteric (bāin) meanings of religion. The main topic of the former is the Ismāīlī concept of the Sharīat (religious law), the arīqat (spiritual path), the aqīqat (religious truth), and the Marifat (divine knowledge). The first poem consists of six introductory subsections called shahādat dar wilāyat-i Alī (Testimony on the Sainthood of Alī) and four main chapters with a total number of 768 bayts.