A Treasury of Virtues
sayings, sermons, and teachings of 'ali, with the one hundred proverbs attributed to al-jahiz
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- Paperback
306 pages
- Release Date
21 April 2014
Summary
Insights into a life of integrity by a master of Arabic eloquence A Treasury of Virtues is a collection of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 40⁄661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph. An acknowledged master of Arabic eloquence and a sage of Islamic wisdom, ‘Ali was renowned for his eloquence: his words were collected, quoted, and studied over the centuries, and extensively anthologized, exc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479826551 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1479826553 |
| Author: | Al-Qadi Al-Qudai, al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 306 |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 166mm x 227mm |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature |
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Critics Review
“The quality of the translation is superior; and the choice of maxims is well advised, as they constitute a major category of Arabic (and also medieval European) literature, a genre with which modern readers are not acquainted. This translation will introduce them to it.”-Beatrice Gruendler, Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Yale University
About The Author
Al-Qadi Al-Qudai
al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī (Author) Al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī (d. 454⁄1062) was a Sunni jurist, a scholar of hadiths and history, and a senior government official of the Fatimid dynasty in Cairo. Tahera Qutbuddin (Edited and Translated by) Tahera Qutbuddin is Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professor at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Arabic Oration: Art and Function.
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