Stories of Piety and Prayer : : Deliverance Follows Adversity / / al-Muḥassin ibn ʿAlī al-Tanūkhī; ed. by Julia Bray.
Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle AgesOne of the most popular and influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages, Deliverance Follows Adversity is an anthology of stories and anecdotes designed to console and encourage the afflicted. Regarded as a pattern-book...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Letter from the General Editor
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Deliverance Follows Adversity
- Author’s Introduction
- Chapter One: In the Qurʾan, God Exalted reveals how deliverance follows suffering and ordeals
- Chapter Two: What Tradition relates of deliverance following desolation and how one may be rescued from sore adversity and tribulation
- Chapter Three: Presages bringing tidings of delivery to those saved from trials by speech, prayer, or entreaty
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Index of Qurʾanic Quotations
- Index of Prophetic Hadith
- Index of Poems
- General Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Typefaces
- Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
- About the Editor–Translator