Radiant lights, eloquent words
Subtitle: a scholarly edition of al-Anwār al-bahiyya fī taʼrīf maqāmāt fuṣaḥāʼ al-bariyya
By: [edited] by Bilal Orfali, Ramzi Baalbaki
Contributors: Urfahʹlī, Bilāl, editor; Baʻlabakkī, Ramzī, editor
Series: Islamic history and civilization -- volume 192
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9789004516694; 9789004517059
Copyright date: 2022
Subjects: Speeches, addresses; History and criticism; Theory of Knowledge
Other titles: Anwār al-bahīyah fī taʻrīf maqāmāt fuṣaḥāʼ al-bariyah
Work titles: Kitāb al-anwār al-bahīyah fī taʻrīf maqāmāt fuṣaḥāʼ al-bariyah
Description: "K. al-Anwar al-bahiyya fi ta rif maqamat fusaha al-bariyya is a work of adab attributed to the renowned littérateur and historian of literature Abu Mansur al-Tha alibi. The work consists of an introduction and four chapters. The first three chapters are concerned with knowledge (ilm): 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 (jahiliyya) 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 Maqamat genre, and the manuscripts used"--

K. al-Anwar al-bahiyya fi ta'rif maqamat fusaha' al-bariyya' is a work of adab attributed to the renowned "littérateur" and historian of literature Abu Mansur al-Tha'alibi. The work consists of an introduction and four chapters. The first three chapters are concerned with knowledge ('ilm): 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 (jahiliyya) 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 Maqamat genre, and the manuscripts used.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-21) and indexes.