Stories of Piety and Prayer : Deliverance Follows Adversity, Hardcover

by Al-MuḥAssin Ibn ʿAlī Al-TanūKhī

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Stories of Piety and Prayer : Deliverance Follows Adversity, Hardcover by Al-tanukhi, Al-muhassin Ibn 'ali; Bray, Julia (EDT); Toorawa, Shawkat M. (EDT), ISBN 1479855960, ISBN-13 9781479855964, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Al-Tanukhi (327-84/939-94) wrote Al-Faraj ba'd al-shiddah (Deliverance Follows Adversity) in Iraq during the second half of the 10th century AD. Its message is that people's lives are full of tribulations and reversals, but if they trust in God's kindness and love him steadfastly, He will make everything come right. He wrote the treatise for people like himself--members of the Iraqi upper bourgeoisie and service aristocracy who for centuries had been adept at surviving regime change. Many of the stories are indiscreet first-person gossip about ups and downs in the careers of just such grandees, says Bray, keyhole history that reflects their worldly and self-interested attitudes to patronage, politics, money, and success. She presents the Arabic text with facing pages of English. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: New York University Press
• Year: 2019
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781479855964
• Condition: Fine

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