Men of acute mind call me an ascetic, but they are wrong in… - al-Ma'arri

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Men of acute mind call me an ascetic, but they are wrong in their diagnosis. Although I disciplined my desires, I only abandoned worldly pleasures because the best of these withdrew themselves from me.

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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).

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Native Name: أبو العلاء المعرّي

Alternative Names: Abū al-ʻAlāʼ al-Maʻarrī • al-Maʻarrī

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They know me well.
How could they conceal a resplendent sun?

اِثْنَانِ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ ذُو عَقْلٍ بِلَا دِينٍ وَآخَرُ دَيِّنٌ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ

The holy fights by Moslem heroes fought,
The saintly works by Christian hermits wrought
And those of Jewry or of Sabian creed—
Their valour reaches not the Indian's deed
Whom zeal and awe religiously inspire To cast his body on the flaming pyre.

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