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Abu'l-`Ala' al-Ma`arri

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Abu'l-`Ala' al-Ma`arri was a freethinking poet of Ma`arra (in modern day Syria, southeast of Aleppo), d. 1057.

Quotes

  • "The inhabitants of the earth are of two sorts: Those with brains, but no religion, And those with religion, but no brains."

(quoted in Amin Maalouf's book The Crusades Through Arab Eyes.)








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