Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1050b
"عَنْ عَوانَةَ بْنِ الْحكَمِ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِىٌّ لِكَاتِبِهِ: أَطِلْ جَلْفَةَ قَلَمِكَ وَأَسْمِنْهَا، وَأَيْمِنْ قَطَّتَكَ وَأَسْمِعْنِى ظَنِينَ النُّونِ وَخَرِيرَ الْخَاءِ، وَأَسْمِن الصَّادَ، وَعَرِّجْ الْعَيْنَ، وَاشْقُقِ الْكَافَ، وَعَظِّمِ الْفَاءَ، وَرَتّلِ الَّلامَ، وَأَسْلِسِ البَاءَ والتَّاءَ وَالثَّاءَ، وَأَقِم (الوَاو) عَلَى ذَنَبِهَا، وَاجْعَلْ قَلَمَكَ خَلْفَ أُذُنِكَ يَكُونُ أَذْكَرَ لَكَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAwānah b. al-Ḥkam
- Qāl ʿAli Likātibih
Machine translation, not reviewed
"On the authority of 'Awanah ibn al-Hakam, who said: Ali said to his scribe: Lengthen the cut of your pen and make it thick, and make your nib straight. Let me hear the resonance of the nun and the flow of the kha'. Make the sad thick, curve the 'ayn, split the kaf, magnify the fa', draw out the lam, smooth the ba', ta' and tha', and set the waw upon its tail. Place your pen behind your ear, for that will help you remember."
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Notes
[خط] الخطيب فيه، الهيثم بن عدى، ومحمد بن الحسن بن زياد النقاش متهمان
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