Radiant Lights, Eloquent Words: A Scholarly Edition of al-Anwār al-bahiyya fī taʿrīf maqāmāt fuṣaḥāʾ al-bariyya. Attributed to Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1039) / / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki.

• Superior document: Islamic History and Civilization ; 192
• VerfasserIn: Orfali, Bilal,; Baalbaki, Ramzi,
• TeilnehmendeR: Baalbaki, Ramzi,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English; Arabic
• Series: Islamic History and Civilization ; 192.; Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 pages)

Radiant Lights, Eloquent Words is the first scholarly edition of K. al-Anwār al-bahiyya fī taʿrīf maqāmāt fuṣaḥāʾ al-bariyya attributed to Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī. The work is introduced by an analytical study.

K. al-Anwār al-bahiyya fī taʿrīf maqāmāt fuṣaḥāʾ al-bariyya is a work of adab attributed to the renowned littérateur and historian of literature Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī. The work consists of an introduction and four chapters. The first three chapters are concerned with knowledge ( ʿilm ): Chapter One discusses the merit and application of knowledge, Chapter Two the definition of knowledge and its true meaning, and Chapter Three the conditions of knowledge. The fourth chapter, which constitutes the bulk of the book, is concerned with occasions on which scholars and sages made speeches in the presence of rulers. It is divided into two parts: Part One presents pre-Islamic ( jāhiliyya ) speeches, incorporating Arab, Greek, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian traditions, and Part Two presents Islamic speeches. The work is introduced by an analytical study discussing the attribution of the work, its relation to the Maqāmāt genre, and the manuscripts used.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- Copyright Page / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- Dedication / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- Acknowledgments / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- Introduction / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- Scholarly Edition / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- Bibliography / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- فهرس الآيات الكريمة / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- ‮فهرس الحديث والأثر‬‎ / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- ‮فهرس الأعلام‬‎ / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- ‮فهرس الأماكن‬‎ / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- فهرس الشعر / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki -- ‮مصادر التحقيق‬‎ / Bilal Orfali and Ramzi Baalbaki.