Research Catalog

Title

Stories of piety and prayer : deliverance follows adversity / al-Muḥassin ibn 'Alī al-Tanūkhī ; edited and translated by Julia Bray ; volume editor Shawkat M. Toorawa.

Author

Tanūkhī, al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī, 940?-994

Publication

New York : New York University Press, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bray, Julia
• Toorawa, Shawkat M.

Description

xxxi, 352 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages0One 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 of Arabic storytelling, this collection shows how God's providence works through His creatures to rescue them from tribulations ranging from religious persecution and medical emergencies to political skullduggery and romantic woes. 0A resident of Basra and Baghdad, al-Tanukhi (327-84/939-94) draws from earlier Arabic classics as well as from oral stories relayed by the author's tenth-century Iraqi contemporaries, who comprised a wide circle of writers, intellectuals, judges, government officials, and family members. This edition and translation includes the first three chapters of the work, which deal with Qur'anic stories and prayers that bring about deliverance, as well as general instances of the workings of providence. The volume incorporates material from manuscripts not used in the standard Arabic edition, and is the first translation into English. The complete translation, spanning four volumes, will be the first integral translation into any European language.

Series Statement

Library of Arabic literature

Uniform Title

• Faraj baʻda al-shiddah. English
• Library of Arabic literature.

Alternative Title

Faraj baʻda al-shiddah.

Subjects

• Islamic ethics
• Islamic ethics > Early works to 1800
• Early works

Genre/Form

Early works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• In English and Arabic; English translated from original Arabic.

Contents

Author's introduction -- 1. In the Qur'an, God exalted reveals how deliverance follows suffering and ordeals -- 2. What tradition relates of deliverance following desolation: and how one may be rescued from sore adversity and tribulation -- 3. Presages bringing tidings of delivery to those saved from trials by speech, prayer, or entreaty -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Index of Qur'anic quotations -- Index of prophetic Hadith -- Index of poems -- General index.

Call Number

JFE 19-8198

ISBN

• 9781479855964
• 1479855960

LCCN

2018052776

OCLC

1057638165

Author

Tanūkhī, al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī, 940?-994, author.

Title

Stories of piety and prayer : deliverance follows adversity / al-Muḥassin ibn 'Alī al-Tanūkhī ; edited and translated by Julia Bray ; volume editor Shawkat M. Toorawa.

Publisher

New York : New York University Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of Arabic literature

Library of Arabic literature.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

In English and Arabic; English translated from original Arabic.

Added Author

Bray, Julia, translator.

Toorawa, Shawkat M., editor.

Tanūkhī, al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī, 940?-994. Faraj baʻda al-shiddah.

Other Form:

Online version: Tanūkhī, al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī, 940?-994, author. Stories of piety and prayer New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019] 9781479850242 (DLC) 2018056625

Research Call Number

JFE 19-8198