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The LITERARY HERITAGE ARABS of the AN ANTHOLOGY Edited by Suheil Bushrui & James M. Malarkey In collaboration with C. Bayan Bruss SAQI For Abdul Rahman Muhammad Moumena In grateful recollection of his generous support and inspiration1 CONTENTS Introduction PART I: THE PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD (JAHILIYYA) The Mu’allaqat Ode of Imru al-Qais Ode of Labid Ka’b Bin Zuhair Su’ád is gone al-Aswad Bin Yafur Ode from the Mufaddaliyat al-Khansa Lament for My Brother al-Tirrimah In the Heart of the Desert Jamil Oh, That Youth’s Flower Anew Might Lift its Head Katari of Mazin To His Own Soul ‘Umar Ibn Abi Rabi’ah Blame Me No More, O Comrades! PART II: THE ISLAMIC AGE The Holy Qur’an The Opening Surah XIX: Mary Surah LIX: Exile Surah LXXXIX: The Dawn Hadith Selected Sayings Shaybani’s Siyar The Islamic Law of Nations PART III: THE UMMAYAD DYNASTY al-Akhtal Youth Departed but Often I Enjoyed It al-Farazdaq Let all weep for al-Hajjáj Jarir al-Farazdaq Visited the Folk of Hijaz Abd al-Hamid al-Katib The Art of Secretaryship Ibn al-Muqaffa The Rabbit and the Elephant Ibn Ishaq The Prophet’s Mission Bashshar Ibn Burd Will No Emissary Be Found PART IV: THE ABBASID DYNASTY Rabia al-Adawiya O My Joy and My Desire and My Refuge Ibn al-Ahnaf Love Abu Nuwas Four Things Thou Scolder of Grape and Me The Great Offence Hurry, for the Beergardens are Blooming Thus by the Camel He Loves Abu’l Atahiya Vanity: To Harun al-Rashid Surely Shall Fate Disjoint the Proudest Nose Virtue Cast an Eye at Me Coming Dibil I Recall the Campsite at ‘Arafah al-Jahiz The Book of Proof: Concerning Asceticism Abu Tammam In Praise of the Caliph Mu’tasim al-Buhturi Bodies of Water Like Horses Ibn Qutayba Extracts from Uyun al-Akhbar Ibn al-Rumi The Chess Champion The Compromise He Defends Himself al-Tabari The Battle of Badr al-Junayd The Book of the Cure of Souls al-Hallaj Three Qasidas Ibn al-Mu’tazz In Praise of Chess Night We Shouted for Servants, but all Slept al-Razi The Repelling of Grief al-Farabi The City and the Household al-Mas’udi Pearl-Fishing Character of the Caliph Muhtadi al-Mutanabbi Parting Has Just Taught Our Eyelids Separation Shame Kept My Tears Away Couplet How Glows Mine Heart Naught Kills the Noble like Forgiveness My Songs Gave Eyes to the Blind, Ears to the Deaf An Induction Here is the Final Stretch Abu Firas al-Hamdani Thy Fiercest Foe is One Thou Dost Not Fight Grief Amasses, Patience Scatters al-Tawhidi Arabs and Non-Arabs al-Tanukhi Table Talk al-Kalabadhi The Sufi Doctrine of Vision al-Hamadhani The Assembly of Qazwin al-Biruni Determination of the Length of Ramadan al-Ma’arri The Epistle of Forgiveness Letter to Abu Ahmad ‘Abd al-Salim Ibn al-Husain From the Diwan From the Lazumiyat ’Tis Said That Spirits Remove by Transmigration In the Casket of the Hours Thou Art Diseased in Understanding and Religion Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Concerning the Temporal Origin of the Soul Epistle of the Soul On Prophecy al-Hariri The Assembly of Hajr The Assembly of Damascus al-Ghazzali The Beginning of Guidance The First Duty of Brotherhood The Physical Sciences Ibn Rushd (Averroes) The Law Makes Philosophic Studies Obligatory Usama The Protection of Allah Ibn Tufayl Hayy Admires the Work of the Creator Playing with Fire Ibn Jubayr A Description of the Mosque of the Apostle of God and of His Sacred Rawdah Ibn Arabi The Wisdom of Virtue in the Word of Luqman Whoso Knoweth Himself … Selections from Tarjuman al-Ashwaq Ibnu’l Farid The Meeting Where Eyes Encounter Souls in Battle-Fray Lo, From Behind the Veil Mysterious Ibn Khallikan How the Game of Chess was Invented Ja’far and al-Rashid al-Busiri The Prophet PART V: AL-ANDALUS – ARAB SPAIN Ibn Hazm Of Fidelity Of Betrayal Anxiety Twice Times Then is Now Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi Modest Blush Ibn Zaydun Poem to Wallada al-Mutamid The Moon, The Stars, and a King Abu’l Hasan Ali ibn Hisn The Pigeon Ibn Hamdis The Andalusian Fountains Flowing Stream Abus Salt The Incense Burner Ibn Quzman The Radish Ibn Hayyun The Girl with the Beauty-Spots Ibn Sa’ad al-Khair The Draw-well Ibn al-Faras Moon of Beauty Ibn Said The Guardians Ibn Maimon (Moses Maimonides) Guide for the Perplexed Saadia Gaon Concerning How it is Most Proper for Man to Conduct Himself in this World Solomon ibn Gabirol The Ethics of Solomon Gabirol PART VI: THE AGE OF DEPRESSION Ibn Battuta Across North Africa Ibn al-Khatib Time of Meeting Ibn Khaldun Five Extracts from Muqaddimah A Sign of Royal Authority The Romance of Antar Antar goes to Mecca Prince Shas In Captivity Antar Summoned From Mecca To Rescue Shas ‘Abla’s Treasure Restored The Arabian Nights The Tale of the Birds and Beasts and the Carpenter
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