The pen
object · 3 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the pen · al-qalam · his pen · qalam · the nib of the pen · القلم · بقلمه · قلم
in the texts
al-Saʻādah fī falsafat al-akhlāq
The writing instrument, figuring both slander and the author's own composition.
And thus we grieve for humanity, for it has been tormented by its own frame — and you are one of those who chewed it with the mouth and pricked it with the nib of the pen.
” And if you strive and die while still exerting yourself, that is better than that you should die slack, wishing wishes upon God, seated on the carpet of ease, reclining on the cushion of contentment with the character you already have:
Written with his pen, humbled before the majesty of God Sayyid ʻAlī al-Ṭūbjī on 16 Ramaḍān, the year 1335
Bayān zaghl al-ʻilm wa-al-ṭalab
The writing instrument of the chancery composer, named as what can be lent, through eloquence, to the shedding of blood.
and he may lend his pen, by that eloquence, to the shedding of blood.
Adab al-wazīr
The pen, emblem of the chancery and administrative competence, ranked above the sword and identified with the executive core of the vizierate.
it is the foundation of the vizierate and the base of deputyship, and it is the most proper to the competence of the pen in what serves the interests of the kingship and the straightness of the offices.
a vizierate of delegation (wizārat al-tafwīḍ), which unites the two competences of the sword and the pen;
As for the vizierate of delegation, uniting the two competences of the sword and the pen, it is more comprehensive in oversight and more effective in command.