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=== 'Abd al-Hamid === | === 'Abd al-Hamid === | ||
Abd al-Hamid b. Yahya al-'Amiri, murdered in 132/749- | Abd al-Hamid b. Yahya al-'Amiri, murdered in 132/749-50, was the scribe of Marwan b. Muhammad, the last caliph of Marwan rule. They say that writing skill [in Arabic] begins with him. He says that, "I memorized 70 sermons of Aslah ("a person whose front hair is recessed" and he meant Imam 'Ali (a)) and they flew in my mind like springs one after another."<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 1, p. 24.</ref> | ||
=== Al-Jahiz === | === Al-Jahiz === | ||
Abu 'Uthman al-Jahiz (d. 255/868- | Abu 'Uthman al-Jahiz (d. 255/868-9) was considered the leader of Arabic literature and [['Ali b. Husayn al-Mas'udi|al-Mas'udi]] knows him as the most eloquent early authors. After he wrote the phrase "Qimat-u Kull-u mri'in ma yuhsinuh" [the value of any person equals to the value of what one performs well", he said, | ||
:"If we had nothing from this book (he seems to refer to ''al-Bayan wa l-tabyin'') except this sentence; we would found it a cure, enough and fulfilling the needs. We would even find it more than enough and reaching the ultimate and the best to say is that it makes the little you have needless of a lot and its apparent meaning is what was said."<ref>Jāḥiẓ, ''al-Bayān wa l-tabyīn'', vol. 1, p. 83.</ref> | :"If we had nothing from this book (he seems to refer to ''al-Bayan wa l-tabyin'') except this sentence; we would found it a cure, enough and fulfilling the needs. We would even find it more than enough and reaching the ultimate and the best to say is that it makes the little you have needless of a lot and its apparent meaning is what was said."<ref>Jāḥiẓ, ''al-Bayān wa l-tabyīn'', vol. 1, p. 83.</ref> | ||
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=== Ibn Nubata === | === Ibn Nubata === | ||
Ibn Nubata 'Abd al-Rahim b. Muhammad b. Isma'il (d. 374/984- | Ibn Nubata 'Abd al-Rahim b. Muhammad b. Isma'il (d. 374/984-5) was a famous Arab speaker and man of literature. He was appointed as speaker in [[Aleppo]] at the time of Sayf al-Dawla and says, | ||
:"I memorized a treasure of speeches, from which whatever I use, they are not decreased, and rather increase and most of what I memorized is a hundred chapters of 'Ali b. Abi Talib's (a) counsels."<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 1, p. 24.</ref> | :"I memorized a treasure of speeches, from which whatever I use, they are not decreased, and rather increase and most of what I memorized is a hundred chapters of 'Ali b. Abi Talib's (a) counsels."<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ Nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 1, p. 24.</ref> | ||
=== Abu Ishaq Sabi === | === Abu Ishaq Sabi === | ||
In ''al-Nathr al-fanni'', when Zaki Mubarak talks about the style of Abu Ishaq Sabi (d. 380/990- | In ''al-Nathr al-fanni'', when Zaki Mubarak talks about the style of Abu Ishaq Sabi (d. 380/990-1), he quotes a phrase of Sabi and writes, "If we compare this phrase with a similar one which [[al-Sharif al-Radi]] quotes from [['Ali (a)]], we see Sabi and al-Sharif al-Radi have both achieved it from the same origin."<ref>Zakī Mubārak, ''al-Nathr al-fannī'', p. 650.</ref> | ||
=== Ibn Abi l-Hadid === | === Ibn Abi l-Hadid === | ||