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According to Dr. Abu Shadi al-Roubi, the final two chapters of the Arabic theological novelFādil ibn Nātiq (c. 1270), also known as Theologus Autodidactus, by the Arabian polymath writer Ibn al-Nafis (1213–1288) can be described as science fiction. The theological novel deals with various science fiction elements such as spontaneous generation, fut
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ويمكرون ويمكر الله والله خير الماكرين
What historical Authority has Mons. Nicolas to show that Omar gave himself up "avec passion a l'etude de la philosophie des Soufis"? (Preface, p. xiii.) The Doctrines of Pantheism, Materialism, Necessity, &c., were not peculiar to the Sufi; nor to Lucretius before them; nor to Epicurus before him; probably the very original Irreligion of Thinking
... See more1048-1122 Omar Khayyám • The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Rayan n’avait même pas de camp. Il n’était rien d’autre qu’un figurant relégué au fond des coulisses, sans idéal et sans cause. Que savait-il de la religion, du devoir sacré du croyant, du véritable exercice de la foi ? Il ne savait même pas pourquoi il était sur terre. Parce qu’il avait réussi à l’école, il était persuadé de triompher dans la vie.
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