Abu L-Ala Al-Maarri

Epistle of Forgiveness (eBook, PDF)

Volume Two: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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-E AlaE al-MaE arri (d. 449 H/1057 AD), to aletter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibnal-Qarih's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived withsome difficulty in Heaven, where he meets famous poets and philologists fromthe past. He also glimpses Hell, and converses with the Devil and variousheretics. Al-MaE arri-a maverick, a vegan, and often branded a heretichimself-seems to mock popular ideas about the Hereafter. This second volume is a point-by-point reply to Ibnal-Qarih's letter using al-MaE arri's characteristic mixture of erudition,irony, and admonition, enlivened with anecdotes and poems. Among other things,he writes about hypocrites; heretical poets, princes, rebels, and mystics;apostates; piety; superstition; the plight of men of letters; collaborativeauthorship; wine-drinking; old age; repentance; pre-Islamic pilgrimage customs;and money. This remarkable book is the first complete translation in anylanguage, all the more impressive because of al-MaE arri's highly ornate anddifficult style, his use of rhymed prose, and numerous obscure words andexpressions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814768969
• Artikelnr.: 52948824

Autorenporträt

Ab¿ l-¿Al¿¿ al-Mäarr¿ (Author) Ab¿ l-¿Al¿¿ al-Mäarr¿ (363-449/973-1058) was a major poet and prose writer of the late Abbasid period. Born near Aleppo, Syria, he lost his eyesight in childhood and was renowned for his asceticism. Geert Jan van Gelder (Edited and Translated by) Geert Jan van Gelder was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1998 to 2012. He is the author of several books on classical Arabic literature, including Beyond the Line: Classical Arabic Literary Critics on the Coherence and Unity of the Poem and Of Dishes and Discourse: Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food. Gregor Schoeler (Edited and Translated by) Gregor Schoeler was the chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Basel from 1982 to 2009. His books in the fields of Islamic Studies and classical Arabic literature include The Oral and the Written in Early Islam, and Paradies und Holle, a partial German translation of The Epistle of Forgiveness.