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Merits of the Plague - Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani

Merits of the Plague

Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2023
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-313661-3 (ISBN)
CHF 31,40 inkl. MwSt
Six hundred years ago, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - an esteemed Islamic scholar and poet - survived the bubonic plague, which took the lives of three of his children, as well as millions of others throughout the medieval world. Holding up an eerie mirror to our own time, al-Asqalani reflects on the origins of plagues, from those of the Prophet Muhammad's era to the Black Death of his own.

Weaving together accounts of evil jinn, religious stories, medical manuals, poetry, and the author's personal experiences, Merits of the Plague is a profound reminder that with tragedy comes one of the noblest expressions of our humanity: the practice of compassion, patience and care for those around us.

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372 - 1449) was an Islamic poet, scholar and judge. Born in modern day Egypt, in his lifetime al-Asqalani authored some 150 works of history, poetry and biography, as well as many influential treatises on Islamic jurisprudence.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 196 mm
Gewicht 231 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 0-14-313661-5 / 0143136615
ISBN-13 978-0-14-313661-3 / 9780143136613
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