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The great meanings in the verses of meanings

Name: The great meanings in the verses of meanings
Author: أبو محمد عبد الله بن مسلم بن قتيبة الدينوري (المتوفى: 276هـ)

المعاني الكبير في أبيات المعاني

Author: أبو محمد عبد الله بن مسلم بن قتيبة الدينوري (المتوفى: 276هـ) (d. 276)

About this work

هذا الكتاب من تأليف ابن قتيبة الدينوري، ويُعنى بدراسة الأبيات الشعرية التي تشتمل على وصف الخيل وأوصاف الحيوانات الأخرى. يتناول المؤلف في هذا الكتاب وصف الخيل ومقارنتها بأصناف مختلفة من الحيوانات والأشياء، مستعرضاً أقوال الشعراء في هذا المجال. الكتاب من أعمال الأدب والبلاغة، ويحتوي على تحليلات لبعض الأبيات الشعرية مع شرح مفصل لمعانيها ودلالاتها.

Translation

This book, written by Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinouri, is concerned with studying poetic verses that include descriptions of horses and other animals. In this book, the author deals with describing horses and comparing them with different types of animals and things, reviewing the sayings of poets in this field. The book is a work of literature and rhetoric, and contains analyzes of some poetic verses with a detailed explanation of their meanings and connotations.

Topics covered

Horse book
Race
The door of the enemy's combustion and rustling
A door in her jump
In hunting horses
Chapter on leaning in one of the two parts when walking and running
Chapter on running and walking
What she looks like when she walks and runs
Chapter on analogy with punishment
Chapter on the analogy of the Bazi
Chapter on the likeness of a falcon
Chapter on resembling an ostrich
Chapter on resembling an ibex and a deer
Chapter on likening a bird
Chapter on the analogy to bribery
Chapter on the analogy with an arrow
Chapter on analogy with a sheep
Chapter on the analogy with a stone
The analogy to a locust
The analogy with dogs
The analogy with a bull
Imitation with people
Chapter on likening his creation to a stick
Chapter on the analogy with a bucket
Chapter on analogy to the senses

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