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The Epistle of Forgiveness Trica Danielle Keaton to European literature and theKnown as "one of the most complex and unusual texts in Arabic literature" (Banipal Magazine), The Epistle of Forgiveness is the lengthy reply by the prolific Syrian poet and prose writer, Abu l 'Ala' al Ma'arri (d. 449 1057), to a letter by an obscure grammarian, Ibn al Qari. With biting irony, The Epistle of Forgiveness mocks Ibn al Qari's hypocrisy and sycophancy by imagining he has died and arrived with some difficulty in Heaven, where he meets