The Epistle of Forgiveness : : Volume Two: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners / / Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī; ed. by Geert Jan van Gelder, Gregor Schoeler.
One of themost unusual books in classical Arabic literature, The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolificSyrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-?Ala? al-Ma?arri (d. 449 H/1057 AD), to aletter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Library of Arabic Literature ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Letter from the General Editor
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations used in the Introduction and Translation
- Introduction
- Notes to the Introduction
- The Epistle of Forgiveness
- On Hypocrisy
- The Sheikh’s Return to Aleppo
- Heretics, Apostates, and Impious Poets
- Old Age, Grave Sins, Pilgrimages, and Sincere Repentence
- The Stolen Dinars and the Number Eighty
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Concordance with Risālat al-Ghufrān, 9th edition, edited by Bint al-Shāṭiʾ
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Typefaces
- About the Editor-Translators