Stories of Piety and Prayer : : Deliverance Follows Adversity / / al-Muḥassin ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī; ed. by Julia Bray.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: al-Tanūkhī, al-Muḥassin ibn ʿAlī,
• HerausgeberIn: Bray, Julia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 35
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle AgesOne of the most popular and influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages, Deliverance Follows Adversity is an anthology of stories and anecdotes designed to console and encourage the afflicted. Regarded as a pattern-book of Arabic storytelling, this collection shows how God’s providence works through His creatures to rescue them from tribulations ranging from religious persecution and medical emergencies to political skullduggery and romantic woes. A resident of Basra and Baghdad, al-Tanukhi (327–84/939–94) draws from earlier Arabic classics as well as from oral stories relayed by the author’s tenth-century Iraqi contemporaries, who comprised a wide circle of writers, intellectuals, judges, government officials, and family members. This edition and translation includes the first three chapters of the work, which deal with Qur'anic stories and prayers that bring about deliverance, as well as general instances of the workings of providence. The volume incorporates material from manuscripts not used in the standard Arabic edition, and is the first translation into English. The complete translation, spanning four volumes, will be the first integral translation into any European language.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Letter from the General Editor -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Deliverance Follows Adversity -- Author’s Introduction -- Chapter One: In the Qurʾan, God Exalted reveals how deliverance follows suffering and ordeals -- Chapter Two: What Tradition relates of deliverance following desolation and how one may be rescued from sore adversity and tribulation -- Chapter Three: Presages bringing tidings of delivery to those saved from trials by speech, prayer, or entreaty -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index of Qurʾanic Quotations -- Index of Prophetic Hadith -- Index of Poems -- General Index -- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute -- About the Typefaces -- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature -- About the Editor–Translator