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رسائل الجاحظ، الجزء الثاني

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يحتوي على الرسائل :

1- في النابتة
2- كتاب الحجاب
3- مفاخرة الجواري والغلمان
4- كتاب القيان
5- ذم أخلاق الكتّاب
6- كتاب البغال
7- الحنين إلى الأوطان

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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 جاسم كلمد.
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April 15, 2020
"إنّ لكلّ شيءٍ من العلم، ونوعٍ من الحكمة، وصنفٍ من الأدب، سببًا يدعو إلى تأليف ما كان فيه مشتتًا، ومعنًى يحدو على جمع ما كان منه متفرقًا. ومتى أغفل حَمَلَةُ الأدب وأهل المعرفة تمييزَ الأخبار واستنباط الآثار، وضمَّ كلّ جوهرٍ نفيسٍ إلى شكله، وتأليف كلّ نادر من الحكمة إلى مثله - بطَلت الحكمةُ وضاع العلم، وأُمِيت الأدبُ، ودرَس مستور كلِّ نادر."
Profile Image for Eman.
31 reviews4 followers
March 17, 2019
بعون من الله فرغت من قراءة الجزء الثّاني من رسائل الجاحظ يوم الأحد الموافق ١٠ رجب ١٤٤٠ هـ، فالحمد لله من قبل ومن بعد.
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217 reviews15 followers
December 13, 2024
رسالتا (الجواري والغلمان) و(القيان) خلتا من التعبيرات والفوائد اللغوية وامتلأتا بالبذاءة والاوصاف الفاحشة المستقذرة.

والتقييم لباقي الرسائل.
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