Title: The Biography of Abu Hanifah

Author: Mustafa Shakenah (Egyptian)

Translator: Ma Jinpeng

Publisher: Sino-Culture Press

Edition: 1st Edition, June 2015

Format: 16 - mo Binding: Soft - hardcover

Printed Sheets: 14.5 Word Count: 160,000 characters

ISBN: 9787507543100

Price: 38.00 CNY

The author portrays the extraordinary life of Abu Hanifah with a strong literary style. This book has been incorporated into the history textbooks of major Arab universities and has become an example for the study of biographical literature. It has been translated into various languages and has exerted a certain influence on world literature. The stories in the book are interconnected, with a rigorous structure, clear organization, elegant literary style, strong literary quality, and great attractiveness and appeal.

Abu Hanifah (700 - 767) was a renowned scholar and jurist. His full name was Abu Hanifah al - Nu'man ibn Thabit. His doctrines were flexible, tolerant, and just, winning him the love and respect of people. He was the first and most influential jurist in Islam. This book is selected from various Arabic biographies of Abu Hanifah. Through delicate literary writing, the author tells the story of Abu Hanifah's origin, his pursuit of knowledge, his journey to the lecture platform, his qualities, virtues, and political career. As stated in the book, "Abu Hanifah wandered in the ocean of knowledge, shuttled between lectures in different fields of knowledge, absorbing rich nourishment and experiencing endless interest...", leading readers into the boundless ocean of knowledge.

Mustafa Shakenah was a famous Egyptian scholar and thinker. He served as the head of the Department of Literature at Ain Shams University in Egypt and the director of the Islamic Affairs Committee of the Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments. His main works include The Biography of Abu Hanifah, The Biography of Malik ibn Anas, The Biography of Al - Shafi'i, etc.

Ma Jinpeng (1913 - 2001) was an associate professor of Arabic at Peking University and an Islamic scholar. In 1932, he was selected to study at Al - Azhar University in Egypt. He once served as the chief editor of Yuehua. In July 1953, Ma Jinpeng accepted an appointment letter from Mr. Ma Yinchu, the president of Peking University, and went to Peking University to teach Arabic. Throughout his life, Ma Jinpeng was diligent, and his translations covered various fields such as grammar, religion, and literature. After the publication of his translation of The Travels of Ibn Battuta, it provided valuable materials for the study of the history of Sino - Western communication and promoted the friendship between China and Morocco. In his later years, despite his frail health in old age, he spent nearly a decade translating and publishing Translation and Annotations of the Quran.

One Hundred and One Poems / 001

Postscript / 223

Appendix: Selected Translations of Rubaiyat in Chinese / 225