Document Type : Research

Author

• Vahid Sabzianpoor

Associate professor, Rāzi University, Arabic Language and Literature Department

Abstract

This article is a review of the book Adab al-Amsal v-al-Hekam(A Collection of Proverbs and Maxims). In this book, the author has selected more than 500 verses of Arabic poems which are derived from and influenced by Imam Ali’s words; moreover, he has represented an example from Imam Ali’s words for each verse.
Among the advantages of the book, are less mistakes in spelling and providing explanations for some difficult terms at the bottom of the provided example.
Although the book has been published in Iran, written in Arabic language. If the book were in Persian and if the poets’ poems and words attributed to Imam Ali were translated in Persian, it would address a wide range of people in Iran.
Among the defects of this book are: to quote Imam Ali’s word from Sharh-e Ibn-e Abi al-Hadid and Ghorar al-Hekam rather than Nahj al-Balāgha, to quote poetry poems from secondhand sources, not selecting the better examples from Imam Ali’s words, repetition some themes, and specially the semantic irrelevance between some poems and Imam Ali’s words which have been represented as an example of impressionability from his words.

Keywords

• Keywords: Nahj al-Balāgha
• arabic poem
• arabic proverbs

Main Subjects

• Arabic Language and Literature