| The Virtues Of Blacks And Abyssinians |
| Ibn Al-Jawzi |
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The Virtues of Blacks and Abyssinians by al-‘Allamah Abu ‘l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597/1200) Translated by Adnan Karim – Edited by Ayman Khalid
THE VIRTUES OF BLACKS AND ABYSSINIANS – Illuminating the Darkness
Contents of the Book
Translator’s Note | تقديم المترجم |
Author’s Introduction | مقدمة المؤلف |
In mention of the origin of black people | في ذكر من تنسب إليه السودان |
The cause of their darkness in colour | سبب سواد ألوانهم |
In mention of Isä ibn Maryam bringing Hām ibn Nūḥ back to life | في ذكر إحياء عيسى بن مريم عليه السلام حام بن نوح |
In mention of the kingdoms of black people and their vastness | في ذکر ممالك السودان من الأرض وسعتها |
In mention of the virtues ingrained in black people | في ذكر فضائل اجتمعت في طباع السودان |
Virtues specific to things of black colour amongst animals, plants and stones | فضائل أشياء خصت بسواد اللون من الحيوانات والنبات والأحجار |
In proclamation that the white person has no superiority over the black, and that superiority lies in piety | في بيان أنه لا فضل لأبيض على أسود باللون وإنما الفضل بالتقوى |
In mention of those from amongst the Companions who emigrated to Abyssinia and their number | في ذكر من هاجر من الصحابة إلى أرض الحبشة وعددهم |
The request of the Quraysh to al-Najāshi to hand over the Companions of the Prophet to them | إنقاذ فريش إلى النجاشي ليسلم إليهم أصحاب رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم |
In mention of that which the Prophet wrote to al-Najāshi, inviting him to Islam, and of his conversion | في ذكر مكاتبة البي – صلى الله عليه وسلم – النجاشي (رضي الله عنه يدعوه إلى الإسلام وإسلامه |
In mention of the coming of the Abyssinians to the Messenger of Allāh and their war game in the masjid whilst the Prophet watched | في ذكر قدوم الحبشة على رسول الله ولعبهم بالحراب في المسجد ورسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – ينظر |
In mention of words in the Qur’an which conform with the Abyssinian language | ذكر ما جاء من القرآن موافقا للغة الحبشة |
In mention of what the Messenger of Allāh heard of the Abyssinian language and how he was impressed | في ذكر ما سمعه رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – من الحبشة فأعجبه |
In mention of the Abyssinians being singled out for the call to the prayer | في ذكر تخصيص الحبشة بالأذان |
As Those of whom it has been said that they were Prophets from amongst black people | فيمن ذكر أنه كان نبيا من السودان |
In mention of the major kings of the Habash | في ذكر كبار ملوك الحبشة |
In mention of the esteemed blacks amongst the Companions | في ذكر أشراف الصحابة من السودان |
In mention of the noble black women from the female Companions | في ذكر أشراف السوداوات من الصحابيات |
In mention of the illustrious scholars from amongst the black people | في ذكر المبرزين في العلم من السودان |
In mention of their poets and those amongst them who recit- ed some poetry to express a meaning | في ذکر شعرائهم ومن تمثل منهم يشعر |
. In mention of a group of discerning, intelligent and generous black men and women | فطناء السودان والسوداوات وأذكيائهم وكمائهم في ذكر طائفة |
In mention of the worshippers and ascetics amongst the black people | في ذكر المتعبدين منهم والزهاد |
In mention of the worshippers from amongst the women of the black people | في ذكر المتعبدات من السوداوات فمن المعروفات الأسماء |
In mention of those who preferred black bondmaidens to white ones, those who loved them, and those who died due to their love | ذكر من كان يؤثر الجواري السود على البيض ومن كان يعشقهن ومن مات من عشقهن |
In mention of the sons of Habashi women from Quraysh | في ذكر أبناء الحبشيات من قريش |
In exhortation and counsel | في مواعظ ووصايا |
Words of remembrance and glorification of Allāh | فيه أذكار وتسبيحات |
Supplications | أدعية |
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