The Review of the Book Al-Balaqah wa Al-Tahlil”

The book “Al-Balaqah wa Al-Tahlil”, written by Antoine Masoud Al-Bostani, is one of the ten course books on rhetoric taught at the universities of Arab countries as well as those of Iran, which has recently been chosen for teaching at BA,MA levels,  and even at some departments which do not have special science of rhetoric. It is axiomatic that its strong and weak points like many other course books are inevitable. Our experience in teaching the book at both BA and MA levels has showed that we have most often resolved the students’ problems towards the book. Unlike “Al-Balaqah Al-Wazehah” and “Jawaher Al-Balaqah” by Ahmad Hashemi, the book has not been successful among other rhetoric books. However, applying a few changes to the content and the exercises of each section makes it different. The present article has been written in line with such an issue so that it will become useful for both readers and the academic books authors.