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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, ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: al-Quḍāʿī, al-Qāḍī (Autor)
Otros Autores: Qutbuddin, Tahera (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2013]
Colección:Library of Arabic Literature ; 26
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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