Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ – författare

Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesop's Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/eighth century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny, from "The Man Who Found a Treasure But Could Not Keep It," to "The Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge" and "How the Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel." Kalīlah and Dimnah is a "mirror for princes," a book meant to inculcate virtues and discernment in rulers and warn against flattery and deception. Many of the animals who populate the book represent ministers counseling kings, friends advising friends, or wives admonishing husbands. Throughout, Kalīlah and Dimnah offers insight into the moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ believed were important for rulers—and readers.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.

Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayalLike Aesop's Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/eighth century. The stories are engaging, entertaining, and often funny, from "The Man Who Found a Treasure But Could Not Keep It," to "The Raven Who Tried To Learn To Walk Like a Partridge" and "How the Wolf, the Raven, and the Jackal Destroyed the Camel."Kalīlah and Dimnah is a "mirror for princes," a book meant to inculcate virtues and discernment in rulers and warn against flattery and deception. Many of the animals who populate the book represent ministers counseling kings, friends advising friends, or wives admonishing husbands. Throughout, Kalīlah and Dimnah offers insight into the moral lessons Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ wished to impart to rulers—and readers.An English-only edition.

The book "Al-Adab Al-Saghir" and "Al-Adab Al-Kabir" are considered among the books of education and morals in Arabic literature and for the works of Abdullah bin Al-Muqaffa, and it was called "Al-Adab Al-Saghir" by this name. Because his author, "Ibn al-Muqaffa," intended the advice it contained to the general public, while his other book, "Al-Adab Al-Kabir," was directed to the sultan and the elite, and he presented in it unique examples of Persian wisdom. He brought us a unique book filled with great literature, knowledge, and beauty of style. "Small Literature" included scattered fragments of various thoughts, experiences from the past, and the wisdom of ancestors, about life and existence. The book came in the Abbasid era, in which prose writing flourished.The two books aim at political and social reform of the individual and society, as well as matters related to friendship and transactional ties.