Isaf and Na’ila A Legend of Eternal Love in the Pre-Islamic Era

Description

In this book, the Arab thinker Fadhil al-Ruba’i returns to the myths and narratives of the ancient Arabs to uncover what has been left unsaid and reconstruct them within the context of analyzing and deconstructing the legend of Isaf and Na’ila, in which he finds what has been overlooked by both ancient and modern scholars.

Al-Ruba’i reveals the symbolic message contained within this legend, seeing it as an embodiment of the doctrine of sacred marriage. Because the legend of Isaf and Na’ila revolves around the idea of ​​eternal love that unites the couple in a strong bond, it contains many expressions that were left unsaid by ancient chroniclers, just as they have been ignored by modern scholars.

This book is a bold and unprecedented adventure in historical research, establishing a new school of Arab anthropology that will restore the value of narrative accounts as narratives that tell history, even if they do not present it in a sequential and coherent manner.

At the heart of this history, the reader can discover the vast reservoir of love symbols in ancient Arab culture and their connection to rituals of devotion to the fertility god.