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Collect gems in salt and rarities

جمع الجواهر في الملح والنوادر

Author: إبراهيم بن علي بن تميم الأنصاري، أبو إسحاق الحصري (المتوفى: 453هـ) (d. 453)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "جمع الجواهر في الملح والنوادر" للحصري القيرواني، يتناول فن المزاح والنوادر والفكاهة في الأدب العربي. يركز المؤلف على أهمية المزاح في التواصل الاجتماعي وتأثيره على العلاقات الإنسانية، مبيناً شروط المزاح الحسن وأصوله، وكيف يمكن استخدامه كوسيلة للتفاؤل والترفيه عن النفس. يحتوي الكتاب على أمثلة وقصص مضحكة ومواقف طريفة، معتمداً على منهجية تدرجية في عرض المواضيع لتسهيل فهم القارئ واستمتاعه بالمحتوى.

Translation

This book, “Collecting Jewels in Salt and Anecdotes,” by Al-Husri Al-Qayrawani, deals with the art of joking, anecdotes, and humor in Arabic literature. The author focuses on the importance of joking in social communication and its impact on human relations, explaining the conditions and origins of good joking, and how it can be used as a means of optimism and self-entertainment. The book contains examples, funny stories, and amusing situations, relying on a gradual methodology in presenting topics to facilitate the reader’s understanding and enjoyment of the content.

Topics covered

  • the introduction
  • The reason for writing the book
  • Book approach
  • The progression of the book and the pleasure of moving from one state to another
  • Choosing compliments and caresses are principles
  • The condition of nails and mandir
  • The longer he spoke, the more his regime disintegrated
  • The secret of rareness without being seasoned or frozen
  • The need for humor
  • Joke from grandfather
  • The gentlest of speech saves from destruction
  • Al-Mahdi and one of the worshipers
  • Good disposition
  • Al-Mamun and Mukhareq
  • Salt dispels fears and saves anxiety
  • Al-Ma'mun emphasizes his singing
  • Al-Janabi and the owner of the loads
  • Salt reaches demands and elevates those who have no standing for their people
  • Literary people need funny jokes
  • Who has lost his sociability and the weight of his injustice
  • Humor is one of the reasons to approach
  • Soul cheese
  • Of serious jokes
  • Some of them hated joking
  • When is joking disliked?

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