TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the Book 7
About the Author 9
About the English Version 11
Preface: Abai and His Times 15
Introduction 31
Word One: Thoughts That Came to Me 37
Word Two: Knowing Yourself Through the Eyes of Others 40
Word Three: "If There are Two Judges,
There Will Surely Be Four Disputes" 41
Word Four: "People are Born Crying, and Die in Sorrow" 44
Word Five: "Is This the Nation We Were Seeking?" 46
Word Six: The Unity of Wisdom 47
Word Seven: Concerning the Desires of Flesh and Spirit 50
Word Eight: Who Needs Wisdom and Instruction? 51
Word Nine: "This is Who I Am, I am a Kazakh" 53
Word Ten: On Parents and Children 54
Word Eleven: No Way Out?! 57
Word Twelve: On Faith and Devotion 58
Word Thirteen: What is True Faith? 60
Word Fourteen: "If the Tongue Obeys the Heart..." 62
Word Fifteen: Take Account of Yourself 63
Word Sixteen: Submission to God 64
Word Seventeen: "I Gave Preference to My Heart" 65
Word Eighteen: On Beauty and Vanity 67
Word Nineteen: Being Attentive 68
Word Twenty: Growing Weary 69
Word Twenty-One: Maturity and Pride 71
Word Twenty-Two: The Poor Rich Ones 73
Word Twenty-Three: "Given Over to Evil,
Can There Be Any Good?" 75
Word Twenty-Four: Kazakh-ness 77
Word Twenty-Five: "The Path I Spoke of was not
the Path of Sparing Your Wealth" 78
Word Twenty-Six: "The Kazakhs Have No Other
Enemies Besides the Kazakhs" 80
Word Twenty-Seven: Great Boundless Wisdom 81
Word Twenty-Eight: "Are Poverty and Sickness
Really 'the Will of God'?" 86
Word Twenty-Nine: Words Spoken in Ignorance 88
Word Thirty:"Tireless Cheeks Contribute to
a Shameless Face" 89
Word Thirty-One: Hinderances of Thought 89
Word Thirty-Two: The Requisites of Learning 91
Word Thirty-Three: Behavior that Hinders the Kazakhs 93
Word Thirty-Four: Matters of Life and Death 95
Word Thirty-Five: To Call to Account 97
Word Thirty-Six: "What Exactly Is Shame?" 99
Word Thirty-Seven: The Fidelity of a Loving Heart 102
Word Thirty-Eight: Life Itself is Truth 105
Word Thirty-Nine: Two Merits of Our Forefathers 115
Word Forty: Questions 118
Word Forty-One: Power and Wealth 120
Word Forty-Two: Laziness and the Lack of Work 121
Word Forty-Three: On Soul and Body 123
Word Forty-Four: Berikeldi! On Admiration and Approval 125
Word Forty-Five: A Sense of Justice and Love 127
Bibliography 139
Select List of Publicatons by/about Abai Kunanbaiuhli 143
Select List of Publicatons by Garifolla Yesim 147
INDEX 148
