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Arabic
Poetry and sacred literature from the Arabic-speaking world, from the pre-Islamic odes to the traditions they inspired.
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Texts
Bustan al-Ma'rifaAl-Hallaj's mystical treatise on the impossibility of knowing God — twenty-six aphorisms that systematically demolish every approach to divine knowledge, then declare: there is no harm.Kitab al-TawasinThe mystical masterwork of al-Hallaj — ten chapters on prophecy, divine unity, the paradox of Iblis, and annihilation in God.The Mu'allaqatThe Seven Suspended Odes — the supreme masterworks of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry, composed in the sixth century and said to have been hung on the walls of the Ka'ba. Good Works Translation from Arabic.
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