Treasury of Muslim Literature The Golden Age 750 1250 CE 1st Edition by Freda Shamma ISBN 978-1590080764 1590080769
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ISBN 10: 1590080769
ISBN 13: 978-1590080764
Author: Freda Shamma
During their golden age of literature, Muslims wrote about everything including poetry,theology, spirituality, philosophy, geography, history, political science, sociology, psychology, belle letters, biography, autobiography and memoirs. The Treasury of Muslim Literature is an introduction to a literature that many of us are ignorant about. It is also an overview of the Muslim world s literary excellence that students in secondary and tertiary education should be exposed to.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: The Muslim World 750–850 CE (132–235 AH)
1. Imam Abu Hanifa
Abu Hanifa and the Atheist
Fiqh al-Akbar
2. Malik Ibn Anas
Joha’s Hints
Muwatta’: The Witr Prayer
John and Insha God (The Arab John)
3. Rabi’a al-‘Adawiya of Basra
Some Sayings of Rabi’a
4. Ibn al-Muqaffa
Kalila wa Dimna: What the Birds Know
The Raven and the Snake
5. Mohammed Idris al-Shafi’i
Reliance of the Traveller: Slander
Joha and Gossip
6. Al-Jahiz
Essay: The Disadvantages of Parchment
Essay: The Friend
Essay: Superiority of the Blacks to the Whites
7. Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
Developing Humility in Prayer
PART TWO: The Muslim World 850–1000 CE (235–390 AH)
8. Al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5:245: Abu Bakr
Joha and the Moon
9. Abu Husayn al-Muslim
Sahih Muslim: From the Book on Characteristics of the Prophet
Hatred of Sin
Follow the Prophet
Joha and the Basket
10. Al-Tirmidhi
Interpreting the Self: The Autobiography of al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi
11. Ibn al-Marzuban
The Book of the Superiority of Dogs over Many of Those Who Wear Clothes
12. Al-Tabari
The History of the Prophets and the Kings: From the Creation to the Flood
The Events in Nuh’s Time
The Events of the Year 208 (823 CE)
The Events of the Year 218 (833 CE): The Time of al-Ma’mun’s Death
13. Al-Razi
Spiritual Physick: Of Repelling Anger
Of Repelling Excessive and Hurtful Anxiety and Worry
14. Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih
The Unique Necklace (al-ʻIqd al-Farid)
Mullah Nasruddin (The Persian Joha) and the Miser
15. Ibn Fadlan
Risala: Journey to Russia
Rus/Rusiya (Vikings)
16. Al-Mas’udi
Meadows of Gold: Address to the Reader
The Caliphate of al-Ma’mun
The Caliph and the Poet
The Caliph’s Cooking
Final Words at the End of the Book
17. A Thousand and One Nights
The Tale of the Envier and the Envied
Sindbad
18. Al-Mutanabbi
Panegyric to Saif al-Dawla on His Departure from Antioch
Elegy on the Death of the Mother of Saif al-Dawla
19. Abul Qasem Ferdowsi
Shahnameh – Epic of the Kings: The Story of Sohrab
PART THREE: The Abbasid Period of Political Decline 1000–1250 CE
20. Al-Biruni
The Existent Monuments of the Bygone Centuries: On the Festivals of the Muslims
Nasruddin Hodja and the 47th of Ramadan (The Turkish Joha)
21. Al-Mawardi
Ordinances of Government: Selection
Goha Judges a Dispute (The Egyptian Joha)
22. Ibn Sina
Autobiography
Mullah Nasruddin’s Wise Advice
23. Ibn Hazm
The Ring of the Dove: Of Falling in Love at First Sight
Of the Helpful Brother
24. Al-Bakri
The Book of Routes and Realms: Ghana
25. Nizam al-Mulk
The Book of Government: Advice to Governors
Nasruddin Hodja and the Missing Donkey
26. Umar al-Khayyam
Rubaiyat: Selections
Treatise on Demonstrations of Problems of Algebra
Nasruddin Hodja in the Bakery
27. Al-Hariri
Maqamat
28. Al-Ghazali
Ihya’ ʻUlum al-Din: On the Duties of Brotherhood
29. Samarqand
Chahar Magala (The Four Discourses): Selections
30. Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Revelations of the Unseen: 18th Discourse: On Not Complaining
31. Usama Ibn Munqidh
The Book of Reflections: Observations on the Crusades: Selection
32. Ibn Tufail
Hayy Ibn Yagzan: Selection
Mullah Nasruddin and His Guests
33. Farid ud-Din Attar
The Conference of the Birds: Selections
The Pious Wife
34. Ibn Jubayr
Travels of Ibn Jubayr: The Month of Rajab the Unique in Makkah
35. The Setting and Telling of the Epic of Sundiata
Selections
36. Arab and Andalusian Poetry
Joha and the Prince’s Poetry
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