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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 Arabian Nights Entertainments — Andrew LangThe Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Andrew Lang's 1898 selection from the Thousand and One Nights: Scheherazade's framing story, Sindbad the Sailor, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba, The Three Calenders, Prince Camaralzaman, The Enchanted Horse, and 28 other tales.The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Richard BurtonThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Richard Francis Burton's landmark 1885 translation: the complete unexpurgated Arabian Nights with Burton's extensive scholarly annotations, presenting the full erotic, violent, and magical world of the original Arabic.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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