| Maqamat al-Hariri |

From the books of literature, what these levels reached, which were created by the chief professor: Abu Muhammad al-Qasim bin Ali al-Hariri; From the brilliance of remembrance, after fame, and complete fame, just as scholars in all Arab countries began to study it in schools and institutes, and read it in clubs and forums.

These shrines are a wonderful work of art that is separated from one another, it contains the choice of words, the finest methods, and the clear statement, with the accuracy of the casting and the brightness of the preamble, and the distance from the thinness and vulgarity… What made it a summit in Arabic literature, rising above the position of the challenger and the opponent alike.

It was formulated by various councils, the topics of which vary according to the countries that he imagined that he visited and traveled to; Between Ferghana and Ghana, and emptied it into funny forms in literature, criticism, preaching and humor, permeated with a description of society and the conditions of people.

And he made it in the style of complete assonance, after he distorted it with the colors of Budaiya; Of alliteration, counterpoint, and interview.

And if these shrines had a place among the ancients, Yaqoot expressed them by saying: “A book of Saad agreed with him, which a book that combined quality and eloquence, and expanded his words, until he took its crisis, possessed its neck, and perfected its arrangement; even if he claims to be miraculous… He pushes his chest, does not reject his words, and does not come with something close to it, let alone come up with something similar, then she was granted with that of fame and after fame, and agreement on its approval from those who agree and disagree with what she deserves and more).. She was not free from criticism of some of them and their insult to him; Among them is Ibn al-Atheer in “The Walking Parable,” and Ibn al-Taqtaki in “Sultan Adab.”

This publication of ours has been adorned with an adequate explanation of the Maqamat, containing what is different from the explanations, collecting various benefits and knowledge.

The first were the most eager people to read it, understand its content, and know its methods. Therefore, the prophets were keen to preserve it, and to be saturated with its methods; It is as it was said: (the fruit of councils) and the pinnacle of fine literature; This is due to the expansion of the knowledge seeker’s perceptions in the language of the Qur’an, and the consolidation of their ideas by encompassing the methods of the people of the statement, and there will be intimacy and harmony between them and the language of the opposite, helping to straighten the tongue and expand the understanding of linguistic vocabulary.

And in the interest of Dar Al-Minhaj to revive the rare antique books, it has adopted the Boulaqi edition and applied its artistic and typographical touches to it. She restored the book, letter by letter, with great precision; So that the eye enjoys looking at it, and it is easy to read in it, as the scientific committee of the house reviewed it; In order to correct it and purify it from some obvious errors.

And the God of the intent behind