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مختارات الجاحظ

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مختارات من رسائل الجاحظ

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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Al-Jahiz

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Al-Jāḥiẓ (Arabic: عمرو بن بحر الجاحظ)

Because of the caliphs' patronage and his eagerness to establish himself and reach a wider audience, al-Jāḥiẓ stayed in Baghdad (and later Samarra), where he wrote a huge number of his books. The caliph al-Ma'mun wanted al-Jāḥiẓ to teach his children, but then changed his mind when his children were frightened by al-Jāḥiẓ's goggle-eyes. This is said to be the origin of his nickname.

He enjoyed the patronage of al-Fath ibn Khaqan, the bibliophile boon companion of Caliph al-Mutawakkil, but after his murder in December 861 he left Samarra for his native Basra. He died there in late 868, according to one story, when a pile of books from his private library collapsed on him.

Most important books:
*Kitab al-Hayawan (Book of the Animals)
*Kitab al-Bukhala (Book of Misers) also (Avarice & the Avaricious)
*Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin (The Book of eloquence and demonstration)
*Risalat mufakharat al-sudan 'ala al-bidan (Treatise on Blacks)

Al-Jāḥiẓ returned to Basra with hemiplegia after spending more than fifty years in Baghdad. He died in Basra in the Arabic month of Muharram in AH 255/December 868-January 869 CE. His exact cause of death is not clear, but a popular assumption is that Jahiz died in his private library after one of many large piles of books fell on him, killing him instantly.

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Profile Image for نوري.
870 reviews338 followers
December 31, 2017

كتاب يحتوي على أكثر من موضوع اثارهم الجاحظ وهو من لم يشهد أحدًا مثله في البلاغة والذي أتقن رواية أهل النقل ودراية أهل العقل وأنحاز في كتابته إلى العقل الذي رآه حجة الله على خلقه، وسبيلهم إلى صنع حياتهم بإرادتهم الحرة.





ولقد تعددت الصفات الفنية لكتابة الجاحظ التي تجاورت فيها المتعارضات، فجمعت ما بين الٱيجاز والإطناب، لحن العامة وفصاحة الخاصة، التوفر على موضوع والواحد والإستطراد، الاستنباط والاستشهاد، القياس المنطقي والانطباع الذاتي، الرصانة الجهمة والسخرية التهكمية، الرواية والمعاينة، السرد والحكاية، التجريد والتصوير الحسي..
Profile Image for Muhammad Nida.
150 reviews105 followers
August 2, 2011
بعض كتابات للجاحظ.
شدني جدًا أسلوبه وطريقة تفكيره وحكمته.
من الممكن أن أقرأ كتب أخرى للجاحظ خاصة كتاب الحيوان لأن أغلب الرسائل التي أعجبتني منه.
المشكلة في صعوبة اللغة؛ لغته قديمة بعض الشيء.

أغسطس 2011
107 reviews
November 28, 2018
الكتاب به الكثير من الحكمة و الآراء الثاقبة فلقد أثار إهتمامي و شوقني لقراءة كتبه و التعلم اكثر منه و عنه.
الكتاب صدمني في ضعف لغتي فلغته قوية بمفردات مخضرمة.
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