Textual harmony in the rulings and commandments of the book “Lubab al-Adab” by Usama bin Munqidh (d. 584 AH)

Abstract

     The harmony that will be achieved in this research in the rule of the book “Lubab al-Adab” by Osama bin Munqidh achieved the advantage of an unspoken indications which sections and phrases are connected, in which and the harmony of texts and collect their separated parts, without formal tools, in explaining the scientific ability and cognitive energy that Osama bin Munqidh has, through checking  the rules and texts in his book.

      The research explained the concept of harmony according to the ancients and moderns, to prove the existence of that standards in the ancient rhetorical lesson, even if it is not at the rules set by modern  scholars, but it  indicates that the ancient Arab researchers  gave attention to the general rule of the modern idea of harmony, and emphasized the grammatical characteristic, intellectual, and moral of that standard.

    The research achieved a detailed comparison between the meaning of plots  (harmony) in the ancient Arabic lesson, and the modern lesson, then differentiated between the opinions of modern, Arabs and Westerners, to achieve correct investigation and analysis, defending The ancient heritage text, through modernity, before creativity in putting structures of his thoughts.