أبو العلاء..صديقا و زنديقا

Abstract EN

The article deals with the life of Abu Al-Alaa Al-Ma'ari, the well-known Arab poet in the fifth century AH from two different angles, reflecting the essence of the disagreement about this important historical figure, that is his stance towards religions as a reflection and respect, denial and appreciation, and reveals the reason for this contradiction, and links it to his personality as a critical poet, who transcends logical analysis, and lives in the turmoil and adventures of poets.

It deals in detail with several axes: Faith, not metaphysics: He confirms his belief in God, but denies all the metaphysical details that are narrated in his name.

Confusion: The article notes that confusion has become a systematic part of Abu Alaa’s handling of his philosophical issues.

Humanism: The study confirms that the predominant human spirit of Abu Alaa is the most realistic feature of his philosophical project.

Man, not religions, is his project, poetry and aim.

He was truly a philosopher of man.

The confrontation with the priesthood: The article examines a series of confrontations with the priesthood who speaks in the name of God, and engages in a fierce battle in exposing the contradiction and hypocrisy practiced by the priesthood current speaking on behalf of God in all religions The Message of Religions: The article monitors Al-Ma'ari's contradictory positions on religions and tries to extract from them a specific position.

Selectivity: The article ends by confirming that Abu Al-Alaa was practicing selectivity deliberately, as he is neither a man of law nor a man of administration, he is just a crying voice in the wilderness that wants to awaken a person, then confirms that he is blind to the eyes and it is not the business of the sighted to be guided by the blind, he wakes them up and does not lead them.

Respected heresy: It refers to the phenomenon of respect by the public of critics in Islamic civilization for Abu Alaa despite his heretical rhetoric.

The book is not approved in its sources except for the poetry of Abu Al-Alaa, and confirmed that its study of the poetry of Abu Al-Alaa is impressionistic and subjective, but of course it shares the many studies that were carried out in the interpretation of the life and poetry of Abu Al-Alaa.

Although the article is purely a literary reading and organizing the narratives of the glorified poet, it makes an important recommendation that he considers the essence of what we conclude from the study, which is the call to allow more room for freedom of opinion, and to allow the other opinion outside the box to express itself freely, after the priestly institutions today radicalized and prevented the speech of heresy with a sword of apostasy.