02933nam 2200469 450 991079371550332120230725022236.01-4632-1890-710.31826/9781463218904(CKB)4100000008964145(MiAaPQ)EBC5907635(DE-B1597)505068(OCoLC)1110714416(DE-B1597)9781463218904(Au-PeEL)EBL5907635(OCoLC)1122448617(EXLCZ)99410000000896414520191022h20101916 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierArabian wisdom /John WortabetPiscataway, New Jersey :Gorgias Press,2010.©19161 online resource (73 pages)Analecta Gorgiana ;195Frontmatter -- 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 -- APPENDIXHaving 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.Analecta Gorgiana ;195.Quotations, ArabicQuotations, Arabic.892.708Wortabet John1827-1908,650524MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793715503321Arabian wisdom3789289UNINA