Book/Printed Material The Book of Adornment in the Rhetorical Arts.
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Title
- The Book of Adornment in the Rhetorical Arts.
Summary
- Kitāb al-tarṣīʻ fī ʻilm al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān wa-al-badīʻ (The book of adornment in the rhetorical arts) is primer on Arabic rhetoric. The author, 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad Salīm al-Kīlānīlal-Iskandarānī, states he will be "brief, useful, and simple." In this he is largely successful. Kitab al-tarsi' was printed at the government press in Damascus in 1922, presumably for use in schools, although there is no evidence that it formed part of the official syllabus. A note on the title page says that the book was distributed "for love of the Prophet," from which it can be inferred that the author financed the printing himself. Al-Kilani treats 'ilm al-balaghah (rhetoric) in its traditional divisions of al-ma'ani (clear expression), al-bayan (use of tropes), and badi' (embellishment and beautiful style). He states at the outset that the goal of communication is al-fasahah (eloquence), that is, expression that is free of fault, distraction, and infelicity. Little is known about al-Kilani other than that he was a Syrian Islamic scholar who was born in Alexandria (also called Alexandretta, present-day Iskenderun, Turkey) and lived in Damascus. In addition to works on language, he wrote a rebuttal of the Protestant criticism of the Qur'an. He is perhaps best known for his refutation of the doctrines of Wahhabism contained in Al-Nafkhah al-Zakiyah (The refreshing breeze) and al-Minhah al-Ilahiyah (The divine gift), which he advertises in a note at the end of this volume.
Names
- Iskandarānī, ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad Salīm al-Kīlānī, died 1943 Author.
Created / Published
- Damascus : Government Press, 1922.
Headings
- - Syrian Arab Republic--Damascus
- - 1922
- - Arabic language
- - Rhetoric
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 33 pages ; 22 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: J.T.P. de Bruijn, "Balāḡat," in Encyclopædia Iranica, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/balagat-arabic-balaga-one-of-the-most-general-terms-to-denote-eloquence-in-speech-and-writing. External
- - Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
- - Content in Arabic.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021666278
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