A Treasury of Virtues : : Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of 'Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jahiz / / al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī.
A Treasury of Virtues is a collection of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 40 H/661 AD), 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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- Notes to the Introduction
- 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
- One Hundred Proverbs
- Notes
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Translator
- The Library of Arabic Literature