⚖️Islamic Governance & Judiciary
Facilitating the examination and accelerating the success of the king’s morals
تسهيل النظر وتعجيل الظفر في أخلاق الملك
Author: أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن محمد بن حبيب البصري البغدادي، الشهير بالماوردي (المتوفى: 450هـ) (d. 450)
About this work
هذا الكتاب "تسهيل النظر وتعجيل الظفر في أخلاق الملك" للكاتب الماوردي يتناول موضوع الأخلاق والصفات الحميدة التي يجب أن تتحلى بها الشخصيات القيادية، خاصة الملوك والحكام. يركز المؤلف على توضيح أنواع الأخلاق وتفاضلها، ويناقش الفضائل والرذائل وكيفية تركيب الفضائل مع بعضها. كما يتناول الكتاب الفرق بين الأخلاق والسجايا، ويستعرض أفعال الإرادة والعقل والهوى. يهدف الكتاب إلى تقديم نصائح عملية لسياسة النفس وتقويمها، مع التركيز على أهمية اهتمام الحاكم بمراعاة أخلاقه الشخصية.
Translation
This book, “Facilitating Consideration and Accelerating Victory in the King’s Ethics,” by Al-Mawardi, deals with the subject of morals and the good qualities that leadership figures must possess, especially kings and rulers. The author focuses on clarifying the types of morals and their differentiation, and discusses virtues and vices and how the virtues are combined with each other. The book also addresses the difference between morals and traits, and reviews the actions of will, reason, and passion. The book aims to provide practical advice on personal policy and its evaluation, with an emphasis on the importance of the ruler’s interest in taking into account his personal morals.
Topics covered
- introduction
- Chapter One: Self-Ethics
- Who is virtuous?
- What do morals refer to?
- For anything you want the virtues of the self
- Where does happiness go?
- The ruler must pay attention to his morals
- Types of ethics
- Differentiation of ethics
- Chapter Two: Early and late virtues
- Early and late vices
- What are the virtues?
- Combining virtues with others
- The results of many morals lead to vices
- Self-creation sections
- Chapter Three: Acts of the will
- The difference between reason and opinion
- Fancy
- Chapter Four: Generosity and Chivalry
- Between generosity and chivalry
- Chivalry
- The division of virtues into generosity and chivalry
- Chapter Five Characteristics and Morals
- The difference between traits and morals
- The condition of man in his morals
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