The Epistle of Forgiveness
Before al-Maarri wrote his epistle, he and Ibn al-Qarih each had a life: a blind poet who withdrew from people, and a scholar who travelled the East and wrote the candle verse. Based on their two biographies; the dialogue is ours.
Age rating: Ages 12 and up. Content notes: A quiet true story, no violence shown.
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Text source: Hindawi Foundation
Review draft. The art is AI-generated and may contain mistakes in faces or details.
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Characters
Abu al-Ala al-Maarri
The blind poet who withdrew from people
Little Ahmad
The child who lost his sight to smallpox
Abdullah
Ahmad's father, who taught him by ear
His mother
Whose illness called him home from Baghdad
Ibn al-Qarih
An Aleppan scholar who travelled the East
Young Ibn al-Qarih
A student in Aleppo and Baghdad
Abu Ali al-Farisi
A kind grammarian, Ibn al-Qarih's teacher
Abu al-Qasim al-Maghribi
A proud young vizier
The monk of Latakia
He talked philosophy under a lamp