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Risāla
(14,948 words)
(a.), an Arabic term attested at a very early stage, in the ancient inscriptions of Arabia, with the meaning of message or of mission (G. Lankester Harding,
An index and concordance of pre-Islamic names and inscriptions, Toronto 1971, 277). In fact,
risāla has many meanings; it has signified message, missive, letter, epistle and monograph; from the 5th/11th century onwards it could also be a synonym of maḳāma (see below, section on
Risāla and
maḳāma). The synonyms recorded are
kitāb [
q.v.],
k̲h̲iṭāb (for Ps.-Ibn al-Mudabbir in the 3rd/9th century,
risāla and
k̲h̲iṭāb were synonyms,
Ṣafw…
Muk̲h̲taṣar
(4,359 words)
(a.), a term denoting a handbook or an abridged manual, usually condensed from a longer work. Approximately equivalent terms are
ik̲h̲tiṣār ,
talk̲h̲īṣ (very common),
tahd̲h̲īb ,
muhad̲h̲d̲h̲ab ; also
muntak̲h̲ab ,
ik̲h̲tiyār ,
muk̲h̲tār (selections that convey the main ideas), and finally
wad̲j̲īz and
mūd̲j̲az (use of the last two terms is rather restricted, ¶ and authors who use them insist on stylistic concision, see Ḥād̲j̲d̲j̲ī K̲h̲alīfa, Istanbul 1943, ii, 1898-1901, and
D̲h̲ayl , Istanbul 1947, ii, 604-702;
GAL, index; al-Tahānawī,
Kas̲h̲s̲h̲āf . i,…
Risāla
(14,544 words)
(a.). Terme arabe déjà attesté dans les inscriptions anciennes de l’Arabie dans la signification de «message» ou de «mission» (G. Lankester ¶ Harding,
An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Names and Inscriptions, Univ. of Toronto Press 1971, 277). Dans la pratique,
risāla est multiforme; il a signifié message, missive, lettre, épître, monographie; à partir du Ve/XIe, il a été donné comme équivalent de
Maḳāma (voir
infra, Risāla et maḳāma). Les synonymes attestés sont
kitāb [
q.v.],
k̲h̲iṭāb (pour Ibn al-Mudabbir au IIIe/IXe
risāla et
k̲h̲iṭāb sont synonymes, Ṣafwat, IV, 224; …
Source:
Encyclopédie de l’Islam
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