Arab poet and Scholar (1181–1234)
Ibn al-Farid
Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; was an Arab poet as well as a Sufi waliullah.
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- Profession
- Arab poet and Scholar (1181–1234)
- Born
- 1181-03-29
Overview
Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; was an Arab poet as well as a Sufi waliullah. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator", as his father was well regarded for his work in the legal sphere. He was born in Cairo to parents from Hama in modern Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. His poetry is full of Sufi inspiration and imagery, and he was esteemed as the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. Some of his poems are said to have been written in ecstasies.
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