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A Treasury of Virtues : Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of 'Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jahiz /

This book is a collection by the Fatimid Shafi'i judge al-Quda'i (d. 454 H/1062 AD) of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 40 H/661 AD). 'Ali was the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661
Other Authors: Quḍāʻī, Muḥammad ibn Salāmah, -1062, Jāḥiẓ, -868 or 869, Qutbuddin, Tahera
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Arabic
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Treasury of Virtues. Wise Sayings ; Censure of this World and Exhortations to Reject Worldliness ; Counsel ; Prescriptions and Proscriptions ; ʿAlī's Questions with Answers, and ʿAlī's Answers to Questions ; Sayings with Unusual Words ; Unique Sayings and Pithy Words ; Prayers and Supplications ; Verse
  • One Hundred Proverbs.