Risalat al-Ghufran
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Risalat al-Ghufran is a seminal 11th-century Arabic prose work by Al-Ma'arri that presents a satirical, imaginative journey through the afterlife, often compared to Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
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afterlife vision narrative ⓘ literary work ⓘ religious satire ⓘ satirical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
questions of orthodoxy and heresy
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status of poets in the afterlife ⓘ |
| alternativeName | The Epistle of Forgiveness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Al-Ma'arri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorName | Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedTo | Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedToAuthor | Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
imaginary dialogues with poets in paradise
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visions of heaven ⓘ visions of hell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Abbasid-era intellectual milieu ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 11th century ⓘ |
| genre |
adab literature
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prose ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later Arabic literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | epistolary work ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | canonical text in classical Arabic prose studies ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
satirical inversion of orthodox expectations
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use of classical Arabic poetic citations ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
afterlife
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critique of religious hypocrisy ⓘ fate of poets and heretics ⓘ salvation and forgiveness ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | imaginary journey through the afterlife ⓘ |
| notableFor | early imaginative depiction of heaven and hell in Arabic literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect | skeptical view of dogma ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousImagery | Qur'anic eschatology ⓘ |
| setting |
afterlife
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heaven ⓘ hell ⓘ |
| significance |
important precursor to later visionary literature
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major work of medieval Arabic prose ⓘ |
| style |
highly allusive
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intertextual with the Qur'an and Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Epistle of Forgiveness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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