The Epistle of Forgiveness. Abu l-'Ala al-Ma'arri

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Название The Epistle of Forgiveness
Автор произведения Abu l-'Ala al-Ma'arri
Жанр Историческая литература
Серия Library of Arabic Literature
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      رسالة الغفران

      لأبي العلاء المعرّيّ

      المجلّد الأوّل

      The Epistle of Forgiveness

      or

      A Pardon to Enter the Garden

      by

      Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī

      edited and translated by

       Geert Jan van Gelder and Gregor Schoeler

      Volume One:

      A Vision of Heaven and Hell

      preceded by

      Ibn al-Qāriḥ’s Epistle

      NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

       New York and London

      Table of Contents

      Letter from the General Editor

      Acknowledgments

      Abbreviations used in the Introduction and Translation

      Introduction

      A Note on the Text

      A Note on the Edition

       Notes to the Introduction

       The Epistle of Ibn al-Qāriḥ

      Ibn al-Qāriḥ’s Hopes for a Meeting with al-Maʿarrī

      Criticism of Heresy and Heretics

      On Fate

      Ibn al-Qāriḥ’s Complaints of Old Age

      The Prophet at the Beginning of his Mission

      Ibn al-Qāriḥ’s Weaknesses and Self-Reproach

      The Sheikh Exculpates Himself

      Praise of al-Maʿarrī

      On Memorizing and Forgetting; Ibn al-Qāriḥ Complains Again

       The Epistle of Forgiveness

       Preamble

      al-Maʿarrī’s Description of Ibn al-Qāriḥ’s Letter

       Paradise (I)

      Description of Paradise

      A Drinking Scene

      The Sheikh’s Excursion

      The Conversation with al-Aʿshā Maymūn

      The Conversation with Zuhayr

      The Conversation with ʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ

      The Conversation with ʿAdī ibn Zayd

      The Conversation with Abū Dhuʾayb al-Hudhalī

      The Conversation with the Two Nābighahs, al-Dhubyānī and al-Jaʿdī

      The Geese of Paradise

      The First Conversation with Labīd

      The Singing of the Damsels

      An Altercation in Paradise

      The Conversation with Ḥassān ibn Thābit

      The Five One-Eyed Men of Qays

      The Story of Tamīm ibn Ubayy ibn Muqbil

       The Sheikh’s Story of his Resurrection, the Day of Judgment, and his Entry into Paradise

      The Sheikh’s Conversation with Riḍwān and Zufar, Guards of the Garden

      The Conversation with ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

      The Conversation with Fāṭimah, the Prophet’s Daughter

      The Prophet’s Intercession

      The Crossing of the Bridging Path

      The Second Conversation with Riḍwān; the Entry into Paradise

       Paradise (II)

      The Conversation with “the Camel-Herd” and Ḥumayd ibn Thawr

      The Second Conversation with Labīd

      A Banquet in Paradise

      The Conversation with the two “Locusts”

      The Conversation with Jirān al-ʿAwd

      The Dance of the Damsels

      Beer, Marinated Peacock, and Roast Goose

      The Conversation with the Two Damsels

      The Tree of Damsels

       Between Paradise and Hell

      The Paradise of the Demons

      The Poetry of the Demons

      Abū Hadrash al-Khaytaʿūr’s Heroic Deeds

      Animals in Paradise

      In the Furthest Reaches of Paradise; A Conversation with al-Ḥuṭayʾah

      The Conversation with al-Khansāʾ

       Hell

      The Conversation with Satan

      The Conversation with Bashshār ibn Burd

      The Conversation with Imruʾ al-Qays

      The Conversation with ʿAntarah

      The Conversation with ʿAlqamah

      The Conversation with ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm

      al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥillizah

      The Conversation with Ṭarafah

      The Conversation with Aws ibn Ḥajar

      The Conversations with the Hudhalī poets Abū Kabīr and Ṣakhr al-Ghayy

      The Conversation with al-Akhṭal

      The Conversation with Muhalhil

      The Conversation with the Two