Table of Contents

The Luzumiyat p. 1

To Abu al-ʻAlaʼ pp. 3–5

I 25 p. 6

II p. 7

IV 27 p. 9

V p. 10

VI p. 11

VII 28 p. 12

VIII p. 13

IX p. 14

X p. 15

XI p. 16

XII p. 17

XIV 30 p. 19

XV p. 20

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XIX p. 24

XX 33 p. 25

XXI p. 26

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XXVI p. 31

XXVII p. 32

XXVIII p. 33

XXX p. 35

XXXII p. 37

XXXIII 37 p. 38

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XXXV p. 40

XXXVI p. 41

XXXVII p. 42

XXXVIII 38 p. 43

XXXIX p. 44

XL p. 45

XLI p. 46

XLII p. 47

XLIII p. 48

XLIV p. 49

XLV p. 50

XLVI p. 51

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XLVIII 39 p. 53

L 41 p. 55

LI p. 56

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LIII p. 58

LIV p. 59

LV p. 60

LVI 42 p. 61

LIX 45 p. 64

LX p. 65

LXI p. 66

LXIII p. 68

LXIV p. 69

LXV p. 70

LXVI p. 71

LXVII p. 72

LXVIII p. 73

LXIX p. 74

LXX p. 75

LXXI p. 76

LXXII p. 77

LXXIII p. 78

LXXIV p. 79

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LXXVI p. 81

LXXVII 47 p. 82

LXXIX p. 84

LXXX p. 85

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LXXXIV p. 89

LXXXV p. 90

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LXXXIX p. 94

XC 48 p. 95

XCI p. 96

XCII p. 97

XCIII 49 50 p. 98

XCIV 51 52 p. 99

XCV 53 p. 100

XCVI 54 p. 101

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XCIX p. 104

C p. 105

CI p. 106

CII p. 107

CIII 55 p. 108

CIV 56 p. 109

CV 57 p. 110

CVI 58 p. 111

CVII p. 112

CVIII p. 113

CIX p. 114

CX p. 115

CXI p. 116

CXII p. 117

CXIII p. 118

CXIV p. 119

CXV 59 p. 120

CXVI 60 p. 121

CXVII 61 p. 122

CXVIII 62 p. 123

CXIX p. 124

CXX p. 125

CXXI p. 126

To Abu al-ʻAlaʼ

In thy fountained peristyles of Reason Glows the light and flame of desert noons; And in the cloister of thy pensive Fancy Wisdom burns the spikenard of her moons.

Closed by Fate the portals of the dwelling Of thy sight, the light thus inward flowed; And on the shoulders of the crouching Darkness Thou hast risen to the highest road.

I have seen thee walking with Canopus Through the stellar spaces of the night; I have heard thee asking thy Companion, “Where be now my staff, and where thy light?”

Abu al-ʻAlaʼ, in the heaving darkness, Didst thou not the whisperings hear of me? In thy star-lit wilderness, my Brother, Didst thou not a burdened shadow see?

I have walked and I have slept beside thee, I have laughed and I have wept as well; I have heard the voices of thy silence Melting in thy Jannat and thy hell.

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