Stories of piety and prayer : deliverance follows adversity /
Uplifting tales from one of the most influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages. One of the most popular and influential Arabic books of the Middle Ages, 'Deliverance Follows Adversity' is an anthology of stories and anecdotes designed to console and encourage the afflicted. Regarded as a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Arabic |
| Language Notes: | In English and Arabic ; English translated from original Arabic. |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Library of Arabic literature.
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Table of Contents:
- Author's introduction
- 1. In the Qur'an, God exalted reveals how deliverance follows suffering and ordeals
- 2. What tradition relates of deliverance following desolation: and how one may be rescued from sore adversity and tribulation
- 3. Presages bringing tidings of delivery to those saved from trials by speech, prayer, or entreaty
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- Index of Qur'anic quotations
- Index of prophetic Hadith
- Index of poems
- General index.