Letters of the Eloquent

If the essence of eloquence is to express the most sublime meanings with the most eloquent and beautiful phrases, and letters are the most eloquent messengers of the word, delivering it to its recipient quickly and intimately, reaching his mind and heart, then what about when the eloquent ones themselves send the letters! With the eye of a discerning and insightful writer, Muhammad Kurd Ali compiles a highly unique collection of "Letters of the Eloquent," most of which revolve around correspondence between a friend and his friend, and a brother and his brother, prefacing it with the pearls of Ibn al-Muqaffa; "Al-Adab Al-Saghir" and "Al-Yatima" and others, and included in it "Rasael Al-Hikma" which was formulated by "Abdul Hamid Al-Katib", "Al-Risala Al-Adhra‘a fi Mizan Al-Balagha wa Adawat Al-Kitaba" by "Abu Al-Yusr Al-Mudabbir", "Malqa Al-Sabil" by "Abu Al-Ala‘ Al-Ma‘arri", and the letter of "Ibn Al-Qarih" to him which is considered a key to understanding "Risalat Al-Ghufran", as he added "Masael Al-Intiqad" by "Ibn Sharaf Al-Qayrawani", "Kitab Al-Adab wa Al-Murua‘a" by "Salih Bin Janah Al-Rabi‘i", and other letters of the eloquent Arab masters.