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282:(2019) traced Arabic literature from its oral origins to its influence on modern sermons. She created a comparative framework between Arabic and Greek oratory, and explored how oratory was the foundation for the shaping of politics and public speaking, and thence to literature. She had worked on it for over a decade, although she had had the idea for it during her undergraduate days in Cairo. She explored the cultural milieu around Imam Ali and the aesthetics of his sermons. She established that public preaching in the form of
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312:. Ali is considered a master guide for life on earth and in heaven by both Sunnis and Shiites; his orations exemplary and beautiful, with ornate, difficult vocabulary. Qutbuddin focussed on the interrelationships between political, religious and literary aspects of his life, aiming to reconstruct his life.
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grammatical structure in every line, serving to reinforce the message in the listeners' minds. Qutbuddin also found that women held important positions in early
Islamic society but would be permitted to speak publicly only in times of acute troubles. An example was the declamation by Imam Ali's daughter
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and Al-Jāḥiẓ's selection of proverbs attributed to Ali. It was considered a definitive work as it considered all available editions and manuscripts, unlike previous translations of these important examples of
Islamic religious literature. In particular, she was lauded for the quality of the
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popular till today stemmed from pre-Islamic oratory, with texts available from decades before the founding of the faith. Much of the orally transmitted literature was lost but several texts in Arabic survive. The oratory depended much on visual imagery, but especially on rhythm and similar
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Traboulsi, Samer (2014). "A Treasury of
Virtues: Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of Alī with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to Al-Jāḥiẓ (Library of Arabic Literature.) by AL-QĀḌĪ AL-QUḌĀʿĪ, Tahera Qutbuddin".
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Selove, Emily (2014). "A Treasury of
Virtues: Sayings, Sermons and Teachings of 'Alī, with the One Hundred Proverbs Attributed to al-Jāḥiẓ, (Library of Arabic Literature) by al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin".
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Nizamuddin (2007). "Al-Mu˒ayyad al-Shirāzī and Fāṭimid Da˓wa Poetry. A Case of Commitment in Classical Arabic Literature by Tahera Qutbuddin, Wadad Kadi, Routraud Wielandt".
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As of July 2023, she has been the AlBabtain
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Light in the Heavens: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.
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