The Epic of Labid ibn Rabi’a: Poet of Asceticism and Mortality

Name: The Epic of Labid ibn Rabi’a: Poet of Asceticism and Mortality
Author: Imad Darouich

ملحمة لبيد بن ربيعة: شاعر الزهد والفناء

Ten chapters, each a spiritual station, follow Labid ibn Rabi'a from childhood and youth through reflection, wisdom and his Mu'allaqa to asceticism and Islam, when he set poetry aside. It centers on his famous verse on the passing of all things, and ends with ten sayings.