أدب الكاتب

Ibn Qutaybah wrote this book as a companion for the writer in Arabic wishing to correct his language and his writing.

He mentions a whole set of theoretical and practical rules concerning Arabic literature that are incumbent on all those who want to undertake to become a writer or to specialize in the Arabic language.

Ibn Khuldun in his Muqaddimah praises this book by saying: "I have heard from my scholars that the foundations and foundations of this science (Arabic language and literature) are based on four great works: "Adab al- Katib"of Ibn Qutaybah, "al-Kâmil" of al-Moubarrid, "al-Bayan Wat-Tabyin" of al-Jahiz, and "an-Nawadir" of Abu 'Ali al-Qali al-Baghdadi, the rest of the works of this science succeeds these four bases and draws from them."