: The collection includes words from early masters like Hasan al-Basri and Al-Jahiz , medieval thinkers like Al-Ghazali , Ibn Khaldun , and Ibn al-Jawzi , and modern literary giants like Ali Tantawi and Mustafa Sadiq al-Rafi'i .
The anthology is typically presented in two volumes, covering a vast historical and stylistic range: Mukhtarat Min Adab Al-arab English Translation