 especially. what is also effective in preaching is praising in the presence of the offender the one who did something different from what he did for this is foolishness and encourages doing good. i do not know of any virtue for loving praise except this alone and that the one who hears the praise should follow his example. for this reason virtues and vices should be chronicled so that the listener is repelled by the ugly transmitted from others and desires the good transmitted from those who came before him and learns from what came before.
خاصة. ومما ينجع في الوعظ أيضا الثناء بحضرة المسيء على من فعل خلاف فعله، س فها داعية إلى عمل الخير. وما أعلم لحب المدح فضلا إلا ها وحده، وو أن يقتدي به من يسمع الثناء. ولهذا يجب أن تؤرخ الفضائل والرذائل لينفر سامعها عن القبيح المأثور عن غيره، ويرغب في الحسن المنقول عمن تقدمه، ويتعظ بما سلف.