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📖 Kalila wa Dimna Book 📖

By Abu Muhammad Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa

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📖 Kalila wa Dimna Book 📖

By Abu Muhammad Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa

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It is a gem of world heritage, and one of the finest books of literature that has transcended the boundaries of place and time to live among us to this day. It is a book that children enjoy reading and stories, and adults glean from it numerous and profound meanings. The book is imbued with the characteristics of the richest Eastern civilizations; It is the product of the convergence of three civilizations: Indian, Persian, and Arabic. It is widely believed that its author was the Indian sage Bidpai, who wrote it to advise King Dabshalim. The book then entered Persian literature when Barzuyeh translated it into Pahlavi and added to it. Finally, it reached Arabic literature when Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa translated it, adding to it as well. Undoubtedly, the book carries within it political and social dimensions, making it a subject of research and inquiry to this day. Kalila wa Dimna will remain a favorite source of literary enjoyment for both adults and children.

Translator: Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa (106-142 AH) (724-759 CE) was a Persian thinker who was born a Zoroastrian but converted to Islam. He lived during both the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. He studied Persian and learned Arabic from the works of literary figures and participated in the Mirbad market. He translated Kalila wa Dimna from Pahlavi into Arabic. Among his translated works are *Al-Adab al-Saghir* (The Minor Book of Manners) and *Al-Adab al-Kabir* (The Major Book of Manners), which discusses the ruler and his relationship with his subjects, and vice versa. *Al-Adab al-Saghir* also deals with self-discipline and training oneself to perform good deeds. His work also includes the introduction to Kalila wa Dimna.

❇️ Chapters of Kalila wa Dimna by Ibn al-Muqaffa' ❇️

- Introduction
- Chapter on the presentation of the book by Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa'
- Chapter on Khosrow Anushirvan sending Barzuyeh to India to request the book
- Chapter on Barzuyeh the physician
- Chapter on the lion and the bull
- Chapter on the investigation into Dimna's situation
- Chapter on the ring-necked dove
- Chapter on the owl and the ravens
- Chapter on the monkey and the tortoise
- Chapter on the hermit and the weasel
- Chapter on Iblad, Irakht, and Shadram, the king of India
- Chapter on Mahraiz, the king of the rats
- Chapter on the cat and the rat
- Chapter on the king and the lark
- Chapter on the lion and the jackal
- Chapter on the traveler and the goldsmith
- Chapter on the king's son and his companions
- Chapter on the lioness and the hyena
- Chapter on the hermit and the guest

❇️ Some reviews of Kalila wa Dimna by Ibn al-Muqaffa' ❇️

▪️Review Source: www.goodreads.com/book/show/2506272▪️

The best I've read in our ancient Arabic literature... a collection of symbolic stories with profound meaning and enjoyable, engaging content.
- Omar Al-Jizawi

The book's role is to present stories within stories, unique and full of profound meaning and wisdom. In every line and every story, you find many wonderful and amazing meanings and words. I don't know how Bidpai managed to compose these stories with such eloquence and great wisdom. The proverbs and stories mentioned were truly distinctive and beautiful.
- Nourhan Khaled

The echo of those stories still resonates within me and my mind since I first read them in childhood.
- Maryam Adel

I think I'm not exaggerating when I say that all the traditional stories aimed at children or that contain life lessons—or lessons to be learned from—in the entire world have taken from or derived from this book! They've translated or slightly altered them, each according to their culture.
- Khaled

What distinguishes this book is its tales brimming with wisdom and the art of dealing with others, including deception, cunning, and more. However, the characters aren't human, but rather animals: jackals, lions, birds, and others. The book is beautiful, like a bedtime story for children, or perhaps a collection of stories.

- Yassmeen Altaif

❇️ Some quotes from Kalila wa Dimna by Ibn al-Muqaffa ❇️

“Nothing is lighter or more fickle than the heart.”

“The world is like salt water; the more one drinks, the thirstier one becomes.”

“Rising to a noble position is arduous, while falling from it is easy, like a heavy stone: lifting it from the ground to the shoulder is difficult, but placing it back down is easy.”

“There is no wealth like contentment.”

“Even if water is heated for a long time, it will still extinguish a fire if poured on it.”

“A generous person forgets a single act of kindness, even if it outweighs many acts of wrongdoing.”

“The more I gazed upon this world and its desires, the more I became detached from them and fled from them.”

“Iladh said: Four things do not mix: night and day, righteousness and wickedness, light and darkness, and good and evil.”

“He who does good for some worldly gain is like a hunter who throws grain to birds without intending to benefit them.”

“No one knows better than one who has experienced the same pain and sorrow.”

— Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa, Kalila wa Dimna

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