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Ordinary Messages
رسائل الجاحظ
Author: عمرو بن بحر بن محبوب الكناني بالولاء، الليثي، أبو عثمان، الشهير بالجاحظ (المتوفى: 255هـ) (d. 255)
About this work
كتاب الرسائل مجموعة من رسائل الجاحظ النادرة، وكل رسالة من هذه الرسائل تبحث في موضوع واحد، بدراسة معمقة مستفيضة تثير الإعجاب والتقدير. الجاحظ له رسائل كثيرة في الأدب والدين والسياسة، عمل على تحقيقها مجموعة من المحققين العرب والمستشرقين، إلا أن أكبر سلسلة وأدقها هي التي حققها الدكتور عبد السلام هارون.
Translation
The Book of Letters is a collection of rare letters by Al-Jahiz, and each of these letters discusses one topic, with an in-depth and extensive study that arouses admiration and appreciation. Al-Jahiz wrote many treatises on literature, religion, and politics, which a group of Arab and Orientalist researchers worked on, but the largest and most accurate series was written by Dr. Abdel Salam Haroun.
Topics covered
- Messages to Al-Jahiz
- The first letter: The virtues of the Turk
- The third letter is a book about keeping secrets and guarding the tongue
- The fourth letter: The book “Sudan’s Pride” on Al-Baydan
- The fifth message is a message about seriousness and humor
- The sixth message is a message in the denial of simile
- The eighth letter is a letter to Abu Al-Faraj bin Najah Al-Katib
- The Ninth Epistle is a book that separates enmity and envy
- The tenth letter is a treatise on pimp industries
- The twelfth letter, The Book of the Hijab
- The Thirteenth Epistle: The book of boasting of female slaves and male servants
- The fourteenth letter, The Book of Al-Qayyan
- The fifteenth letter is a book condemning the morals of the book
- Epistle sixteen, The Book of Mules
- The seventeenth message is a message of longing for homelands
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رسائل المقريزي