Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat
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Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat is a renowned prose work by the blind Syrian poet-philosopher Al-Ma'arri, noted for its highly ornate rhymed style and its bold, often controversial, reflections on religion and ethics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ prose work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic intellectual history
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freethought in Islam ⓘ |
| author | Al-Ma'arri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNameInArabic | أبو العلاء المعري NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Syrian ⓘ |
| authorOrigin | Ma'arrat al-Nu'man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Qur'anic style (in later polemics) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| genre |
adab literature
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rhymed prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
ornate rhetorical composition
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parallelism and assonance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
human reason and belief
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moral reflection ⓘ skepticism toward religious dogma ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
admired for stylistic brilliance
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controversial among religious scholars ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of literary inimitability in Arabic ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | rhymed prose (saj') ⓘ |
| movement | classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold reflections on ethics
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bold reflections on religion ⓘ controversial treatment of religious themes ⓘ highly ornate rhymed style ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of works by Al-Ma'arri ⓘ |
| period | medieval Arabic literature ⓘ |
| subject |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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