Only two quotes by Al-Ma'arri
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (Arabic: أبو العلاء المعري, full name أبو العلاء أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان التنوخي المعري Abū al-ʿAlāʾ Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sulaymān al-Tanūkhī al-Maʿarrī, also known under his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis; December 973 – May 1057) was a philosopher, poet, and writer from (present-day Ma’arrat al-Nu’man, Syria). Because of his controversially irreligious worldview, he is known as one of the “foremost atheists” of his time.
A little doubt is better than total credulity.
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The world holds two classes of men: intelligent men without religion, and religious men without intelligence.
اِثْنَانِ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ ذُو عَقْلٍ بِلَا دِينٍ وَآخَرُ دَيِّنٌ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ
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