The Epistle of Forgiveness, Volume Two: Or, a Pardon to Enter the Garden: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners by Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī

The Epistle of Forgiveness, Volume Two: Or, a Pardon to Enter the Garden: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners

Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī with Geert Jan Van Gelder (Translator), Gregor Schoeler (Translator)

346 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics philosophy poetry religion reflective slow-paced
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One of the most unusual books in classical Arabic literature, The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449/1057), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. W...

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