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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Language: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2013]
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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.