The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala by Abu al-Ala al-Maarri
"The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala" by Abu al-Ala al-Maarri is a collection of poetry comprising nearly 1600 short poems. Written over many years using a self-imposed double-consonant rhyme scheme, these terse works explore doubt, uncertainty, death, and the afterlife through an ironic and cynical lens. Each brief poem presents incomplete ideas and unresolved questions, containing heterodox views on religion, reason, and virtue that challenged orthodox thinking. The collection showcases extraordinary command of Arabic
while expressing a deeply unconventional human vision. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Abu al-Ala al-Maarri, 973-1057 |
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| Translator | Rihani, Ameen Fares, 1876-1940 |
| Title |
The Luzumiyat of Abu'l-Ala Selected from his Luzum ma la Yalzam and Suct us-Zand |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luz%C5%ABmiyy%C4%81t |
| Credits |
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) This digital edition is dedicated to the people of Syria, in the hope that the seeds of rationality will once again find a fertile soil in your country. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures |
| Subject | Arabic poetry -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 50457 |
| Release Date | Nov 14, 2015 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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