Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri

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Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:poet
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:birthDate 973
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Abū_al-ʿAlāʾ_Aḥmad_ibn_ʿAbd_Allāh_ibn_Sulaimān_al-Maʿarrī
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ma'arrat_al-Nu'man
gptkbp:blind became blind in childhood
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Ma'arrat_al-Nu'man
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:superstition
social norms
dogmatic religion
gptkbp:deathDate 1057
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ma'arrat_al-Nu'man
gptkbp:education studied in Aleppo
studied in Antioch
studied in Tripoli
gptkbp:era gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkbp:father gptkb:Abd_Allah_ibn_Sulaiman
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:poetry
prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Omar_Khayyam
modern Arab poets
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Greek philosophy
gptkbp:knownFor asceticism
veganism
skeptical poetry
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:legacy influential in Arabic literature
statue in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man
subject of modern studies
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Fatima_bint_Abdallah
gptkbp:movement rationalism
skepticism
pessimism
gptkbp:nationality Syrian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Abu_al-Ala
gptkb:The_Blind_of_Ma'arra
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Luzūmiyyāt
gptkb:Risālat_al-Ghufrān
gptkb:Saqṭ_al-Zand
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:poet
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:religion agnosticism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abū_al-ʿAlāʾ_Aḥmad_ibn_ʿAbd_Allāh_ibn_Sulaimān_al-Maʿarrī
gptkb:Ameen_Rihani
gptkb:Al-Khatib_al-Tibrizi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6