Al-Ma'arri Quotes

973–1057 Syria

Abu al-'Ala Al-Ma'arri (26 December 973 – 9 May 1057) was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer from Ma'arrat al-Numan (then part of the Abbasid Caliphate, today part of Syria).

Syria
Philosophers

Also known as: Abu 'alaa' al-Ma'arri, Abu 'alaa' al-Tanookhy al-Ma'arri, Abu 'l-'Ala al-Ma'arri, Abu al Ala al-Maarri, Abu al-Ala al-Maari, Abu al-Ala al-Maarri

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Whenever I reflect, my reflecting upon what I suffer only rouses me to blame him that begot me.
And I gave peace to my children, for they are in the bliss of non-existence which surpasses all the pleasures of this world.
Had they come to life, they would have endured a misery casting them to destruction in trackless wildernesses.

Studies in Islamic Poetry (1921)

A little doubt is better than total credulity.

Disputed to Al-Ma'arri in Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out (2003)

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