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العزلة

Author: أبو سليمان حمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن الخطاب البستي المعروف بالخطابي (المتوفى: 388هـ) (d. 388)

About this work

كتاب العزلة للخطابي هو كتاب يندرج تحت تصنيف الرقاق والآداب والأذكار، ويحتوي على مجموعة من البابات التي تتناول مواضيع متعلقة بالعزلة والانطواء، مثل أسباب تسهل على المرء العزلة، وترك الاستكثار من الأصدقاء، والتحذير من قرناء السوء، وفساد الزمان وأهله. يبدو أن الكتاب يهدف إلى توجيه النصيحة والارشاد حول كيفية التعامل مع الناس والبيئة المحيطة، مع التركيز على أهمية العزلة والانطواء في بعض الأحيان. يحتوي الكتاب على فهرس محتويات شامل يغطي مواضيع متعددة، ويبدو أن المؤلف قد اهتم بتقديم نصائح عملية وارشادات حول كيفية التعامل مع مختلف المواقف والظروف.

Translation

The Book of Solitude by Al-Khattabi is a book that falls under the classification of Al-Riqaq, Manners, and Remembrances, and it contains a group of chapters that deal with topics related to isolation and introversion, such as reasons that make isolation easier for a person, abandoning a large number of friends, warning against bad companions, and the corruption of time and its people. The book seems to aim to provide advice and guidance on how to deal with people and the surrounding environment, with an emphasis on the importance of isolation and introversion at times. The book contains a comprehensive table of contents covering multiple topics, and the author seems to have been interested in providing practical advice and guidance on how to deal with various situations and circumstances.

Topics covered

  • Isolation for rhetoric
  • A chapter on the lightness of the afternoon and the lack of children and family
  • A comprehensive book about abandoning what does not concern and refusing to engage in what does not work
  • A chapter on the differences in classes of people
  • A chapter on mentioning the morals of the public and the lack of elaboration found in them
  • A chapter on the corruption of time and its people
  • Chapter on those who wish for death and the effect of illness and blindness on meeting people
  • Interpretation of the mob
  • A chapter on the corruption of the elite and what was mentioned about bad scholars and mentioning their evils
  • Chapter on the afflictions of readers
  • A chapter on the corruption of imams and what was said about reducing the company of sultans

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