Arabian wisdom / John Wortabet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wortabet, John, 1827-1908, author.

Series:

Analecta Gorgiana ; 195.

Analecta Gorgiana ; 195

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quotations, Arabic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 pages).

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Having lived for many years in Beirut, John Wortabet grew to know much about the Islamic world. Recognizing the wisdom and integrity of the people and religion of what was then known as Syria, Wortabet set about to preserve the essentials of Arabic wisdom in this little book. The wisdom saying, a literary form of ancient pedigree in this part of the world, is generally a brief but pointed statement of a truth distilled from careful observation. Wortabet here presents these saying arranged according to topic, with the goal of facilitating understanding between the wider world and those who live in what has become a very unsettled region.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE KORAN

REPENTANCE

A SINNER'S CRY UNTO GOD

FORGIVING OTHERS

FORBEARANCE

HUMILITY

TRUE NOBILITY

SELF-RESPECT

CHARACTER

BENEVOLENCE

GENEROSITY

GRATITUDE

RECOMPENSE

FLAUNTING KINDNESS

KNOWLEDGE

SPECULATIVE STUDIES

THOUGHTS, DOUBTS

WISDOM

IGNORANCE, FOLLY

CONSULTATION

SPEAKING, WRITING, BOOKS

SILENCE

TRUTHFULNESS

TRUTHFULNESS TO PROMISES

TRUTHFULNESS TO SECRETS

DECEIT

EXERTION

OPPORTUNITIES

ECONOMY

VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE

PATIENCE

CONTENTMENT

CHEERFULNESS

WAR

ANGER

HATRED, MALICE

MURDER

ENVY

RASHNESS

LAZINESS

AVARICE

COMPLAINT, BLAME

MARRIAGE

CHILDREN

FILIAL DUTY

BROTHERS

FRIENDS

NEIGHBOURS

SALUTATION

LOVE OF COUNTRY AND HOME

TRAVELLING

HEALTH

YOUTH AND OLD AGE

DEATH

APPENDIX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781463218904

1463218907

OCLC:

1110714416