A Treasury of Virtues : Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of 'Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jahiz /
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, ...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Letter from the General Editor
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- Notes to the Introduction
- PART 1. A Treasury of Virtues
- Chapter 1. Wise Sayings
- Chapter 2. Censure of this World and Exhortations to Reject Worldliness
- Chapter 3. Counsel
- Chapter 4. Prescriptions and Proscriptions
- Chapter 5. ʿAlī's Questions with Answers, and ʿAlī's Answers to Questions
- Chapter 6. Sayings with Unusual Words
- Chapter 7. Unique Sayings and Pithy Words
- Chapter 8. Prayers and Supplications
- Chapter 9. Verse
- PART 2. One Hundred Proverbs
- One Hundred Proverbs
- Notes
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Typefaces
- About the Editor-Translator