The Epistle of Forgiveness : : Volumes One and Two /

The Epistle of Forgiveness : : Volumes One and Two / / Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī.

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Known as “one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature” (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d. 449 H/1057 AD), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qari. Wit...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
VerfasserIn:
al-Maʿarrī, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ,
MitwirkendeR:
Gelder, Geert Jan van,
Reynolds, Matthew,
Schoeler, Gregor,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Library of Arabic Literature ; 29
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • A NOTE ON THE TEXT
  • NOTES TO THE TRANSLATIONS
  • THE EPISTLE OF IBN AL-QĀRIḤ
  • THE EPISTLE OF FORGIVENESS
  • PREAMBLE
  • PARADISE(I)
  • THE SHEIK'S STORY OF HIS RESURRECTION, THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT, AND HIS ENTRY INTO PARADISE
  • PARADISE(II)
  • BETWEEN PARADISE AND HELL
  • HELL
  • RETURN TO PARADISE
  • ON HYPOCRISY
  • THE SHEIKH'SR RETURN TO ALEPPO
  • HERETICS, APOSTATES, AND IMPIOUS POETS
  • OLD AGE , GRAVE SINS, PILGRIMAGES AND SINCERE REPENTANCE
  • THE STOLEN DINARS AND THE NUMBER EIGHTY
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • FURTHER READING
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE NYU ABU DHABI INSTITUTE
  • ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS
  • THE LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE

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