A Treasury of Virtues: Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of ʿAlī
CONTENTS
Letter from the General Editor
About this Paperback
Foreword
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Notes to the Introduction
A TREASURY OF VIRTUES
Wise Sayings
Censure of this World and Exhortations to Reject Worldliness
Counsel
Prescriptions and Proscriptions
ʿAlī’s Questions with Answers, and ʿAlī’s Answers to Questions
Sayings with Unusual Words
Unique Sayings and Pithy Words
Prayers and Supplications
Verse
ONE HUNDRED PROVERBS
Notes
Glossary of Names and Terms
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
About the Translator
The Library of Arabic Literature