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The epistle of forgiveness or A pardon to enter the garden. Volume one, A vision of heaven and hell /

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 H/1057 AD), to a letter written by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī, 973-1057
Otros Autores: Gelder, G. J. H. van, Schoeler, Gregor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Colección:Library of Arabic literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Letter from the General Editor; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations used in the Introduction and Translation; Introduction; A Note on the Text; A Note on the Edition; Notes to the Introduction; THE EPISTLE OF IBN AL-QARIH; Ibn al-Qarih's hopes for a meeting with al-Maarri; Criticism of heresy and heretics; On fate; Ibn al-Qarih's complaints of old age; The Prophet at the beginning of his mission; Ibn al-Qarih's weaknesses and self-reproach; The Sheikh exculpates himself; Praise of al-Maarri; On memorizing and forgetting; Ibn al-Qarih complains again. 
505 8 |a THE EPISTLE OF FORGIVENESSPreamble; al-Maarri's description of Ibn al-Qarih's letter; Paradise (I); Description of Paradise; A drinking scene; The Sheikh's excursion; The conversation with al-Asha Maymun; The conversation with Zuhayr; The conversation with Abid ibn al-Abras; The conversation with Adi ibn Zayd; The conversation with Abu Dhuayb al-Hudhali; The conversation with the two Nabighahs, al-Dhubyani and al-Jadi; The geese of Paradise; The first conversation with Labid; The singing of the damsels; An altercation in Paradise; The conversation with Hassan ibn Thabit. 
505 8 |a The five one-eyed men of QaysThe story of Tamim ibn Ubayy ibn Muqbil; The Sheikh's Story of his Resurrection, the Day of Judgement, and his Entry into Paradise; The Sheikh's conversation with Ridwan and Zufar, guards of the Garden; The conversation with Ali ibn Abi Talib; The conversation with Fatimah, the Prophet's daughter; The Prophet's intercession; The crossing of the Bridging Path; The second conversation with Ridwan; the entry into Paradise; Paradise (II); The conversation with "the Camel-herd" and Humayd ibn Thawr; The second conversation with Labid; A banquet in Paradise. 
505 8 |a The conversation with the two "Locusts"The conversation with Jiran al-Awd; The dance of the damsels; Beer, marinated peacock, and roast goose; The conversation with the two damsels; The tree of damsels; Between Paradise and Hell; The Paradise of the demons; The poetry of the demons; Abu Hadrash al-Khaytaur's heroic deeds; Animals in Paradise; In the furthest reaches of Paradise; a conversation with al-Hutayah; The conversation with al-Khansa; Hell; The conversation with Satan; The conversation with Bashshar ibn Burd; The conversation with Imru al-Qays; The conversation with Antarah. 
505 8 |a The conversation with AlqamahThe conversation with Amr ibn Kulthum; al-Harith ibn Hillizah; The conversation with Tarafah; The conversation with Aws ibn Hajar; The conversations with the Hudhali poets Abu Kabir and Sakhr al-Ghayy; The conversation with al-Akhtal; The conversation with Muhalhil; The conversation with the two poets called Muraqqish; The conversation with the two brigand poets, al-Shanfara and Taabbata Sharra; Return to Paradise; A meeting with Adam; The snakes of Paradise; The Sheikh's return to his paradisical damsel; In the Paradise of the rajaz poets; The joys of Paradise. 
520 |a 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 H/1057 AD), to a letter written by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al-Qarih's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven, where he meets famous poets and philologists from the past. He also glimpses Hell, and converses with the Devil and various heretics. Al-Ma'arri-a maverick, a vegan, and often b. 
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