The Epistle of Forgiveness, Volume Two: Or, a Pardon to Enter the Garden: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners by Gregor Schoeler, Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Geert Jan Van Gelder

The Epistle of Forgiveness, Volume Two: Or, a Pardon to Enter the Garden: Hypocrites, Heretics, and Other Sinners

Gregor Schoeler, Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, Geert Jan Van Gelder

346 pages • first pub 2014 (view editions)

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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 by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al-Qar...

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