Al-Maʿarri è stato un filosofo, poeta e scrittore arabo deista. In vita ha aspramente criticato i dogmi e le pratiche religiose, criticando equalmente e con sarcasmo l’ebraismo, il cristianesimo, l’islam e lo zoroastrismo diventando deista.
Fonti:
– Freethought Traditions in the Islamic World Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine by Fred Whitehead; also quoted in Cyril Glasse, (2001), The New Encyclopedia of Islam, p. 278. Rowman Altamira.
– James Hastings, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Part 2, page 190. Kessinger Publishing.
– Ma’arrat al-Nuʿman, The Luzumiyat, stanza 35.
– Lloyd Ridgeon (2003), Major World Religions: From Their Origins To The Present, Routledge: London, page 257. ISBN 0-415-29796-6
– “al-Ma’arri | Biography | Britannica.com”. Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.