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In this article we will talk about the book of Hariri's Māqāmāt which is a collection of prose tales written in Arabic. It was an excellent work and the author, a scholar and a very talented person, managed to succeed in presenting a mixture of prose and poetry. This famous Arabic book is written by one of the most famous Arab poets Hariri who was born in 1054 A.D., he wrote his masterpiece as an expression of his personal philosophy that includes religion as well as life. Māqāmāt is a unique and magnificent work of literature and it has been considered as the most prominent book written in this style. It is said that the author had composed this book with such an excellent style of writing that he became famous all over the Arab world. Hariri was acclaimed as one of the greatest poets of his time, and during his lifetime he gained such fame and reputation that people addressed him as “leader of all poets”; later on, after his death, they referred to him as “the guide of all poets”. He was not only a poet but an excellent prose writer as well. Hariri started writing his first work, a book entitled “The Book of the Mirror” (Kitāb al-Mirār), in 1048 A.D. and he continued to write on various topics and subjects during the next ten years. After this period, he composed another great work, “The Book of the Kaabah” (Kitāb al-Masjid al-, Kubba), which has been considered as his most important and greatest creation; it is an excellent collection of prose tales with some poetry as well as prose tales. He succeeded in bringing a mixture of prose and poetry together in a very effective way. He improved on the style of writing employed in the earlier Arabic tales, which were written with a steady flow of sustained prose. He produced many excellent works in his lifetime including “The Book of the Trench” (Kitāb al-Khandaq), “The Book of the Green Pavilion” (Kitāb al-Tandīqa), “The Book of Praise” (Kitāb al-Munjazza), and many others. Hariri was born and spent his childhood and youth in his hometown, Tripoli, Lebanon. His biography is unknown but it has been assumed that he was born in the prosperous city of that period. He joined the official court of the Fatimid Caliph al-Aziz Billah at Cairo, Egypt, where he lived for more than twenty years. Hariri's biography along with his works are still unknown to the modern world, but according to Islamic beliefs, he was one of the most important personalities who lived during the 11th century. He was a typical example of Muslim Arab culture and religious life at that period. During his lifetime he became popular not only throughout Arabian countries but also in Europe mainly due to his poems which were translated into different languages.
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