Abu al-Ala

E1035000
person philosopher poet rationalist thinker satirist writer

Abu al-Ala is the honorific name of the medieval Syrian poet and philosopher Al-Ma'arri, renowned for his skeptical and rationalist writings.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Abu al-Ala Zuhr 1
Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri 0

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
rationalist thinker ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthPlace Ma'arrat al-Nu'man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthYear 973 ⓘ
burialPlace Ma'arrat al-Nu'man NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalSphere Arabic-Islamic civilization ⓘ
deathYear 1057 ⓘ
disability blindness ⓘ
era medieval period ⓘ
ethicalView advocacy of non-violence toward animals ⓘ
critique of religious dogma ⓘ
fullName Ahmad ibn Abdallah ibn Sulaiman al-Tanukhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificName Abu al-Ala NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenceOn Arabic literature ⓘ
knownAs al-Ma'arri NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor innovative Arabic poetry ⓘ
literary satire ⓘ
rationalist critique of religion ⓘ
skeptical writings ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
literaryForm qasida ⓘ
zuhd (ascetic) poetry ⓘ
livedIn Aleppo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ma'arrat al-Nu'man NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostEyesight in childhood ⓘ
nationality Syrian ⓘ
notableWork Luzum ma la yalzam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Risalat al-Ghufran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saqt al-Zand NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation grammarian ⓘ
man of letters ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
poet ⓘ
philosophicalStance asceticism ⓘ
pessimism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
region Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousCulture Islamic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Ma'arri → kunya → Abu al-Ala ⓘ
Ibn Zuhr → father → Abu al-Ala ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu al-Ala Zuhr