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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instanceOf Arabic prose
literary work
prose work
associatedWith Islamic intellectual history
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
rhymed prose
hasLiteraryStyle ornate rhetorical composition
parallelism and assonance
hasTheme human reason and belief
moral reflection
skepticism toward religious dogma
historicalReputation admired for stylistic brilliance
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
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
philosophy
religion
titleLanguage Arabic

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Al-Ma'arri notableWork Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat