Abu’l-Ala al-Ma’arri, the blind poet of eleventh-century Syria, wrote verse of fierce doubt about religion, fate and human folly. Ameen Rihani selected and translated these quatrains from his collections, with a dedicatory poem, a preface on the poet’s life and thought, and notes to the verses.
A striking voice of medieval free thought, often compared to Omar Khayyam. Download the free EPUB.