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al-Baṣāʾir wa-l-ḏaḫāʾir

Author

Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, approximately 922‒before 1023

Date of creation
  • 10th century   Gregorian
    4th century   Hegirian
Preferred title

al-Baṣāʾir wa-l-ḏaḫāʾir   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme

البصائر والذخائر   Arabic  

Variant title work
  • Baṣāʾir al-qudamāʾ wa-bašāʾir al-ḥukamāʾ   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • al-Baṣāʾir wa-l-bašāʾir   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • al-Baṣāʾir   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
Variant title expression
  •   Arabic  
Work type Single work
Literary work Maxim, aphorism, proverb, anecdote (حكايات وقصص وفوائد في كل علم)
Work manifested Early work
Work genre Textual work
Audience

Adult, serious

Summary

هو كتاب فى اﻷدب العربى، يحكى فيه المؤلف عن تجاربه ونظراته الخاصة، لكى يضيء لنا أشياء كثيرة من القرن الرابع الهجرى. يتكون الكتاب من أبواب وفصول متناثرة، نجد فيها حكايات وقصصًا وفوائد من كل علم، فنجد فوائد فقهية وتفسيرية وحديثية وتاريخية، كما نجد النكات والطرائف والملاحظات والنقد، ونجد أيضا ابياتًا من الشعر والحكم واقوال بعض أئمة الزهد والتصوف.

Summary

This is a literary book, in which the author narrates his own experiments and views, so as to elucidate various matters from the fourth century AH. The book consists of diverse parts and chapters, in which we find tales, stories and information from each science; jurisprudence, Tafsīr Quranic exegesis, Ḥadīṯ prophetic tradition, and history. Moreover the book includes anecdotes, precepts, notes, critical views, poetry, and sayings by imams of Sufism.

Bibliography

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Diamond   W 1841

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Updated at 05-04-2021 by Amr Zakariya (IDEO)


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