He was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer from Ma'arrat al-Nu'man , Syria. Because of his controversially irreligious worldview, he is known as one of the "foremost atheists " of his time according to Nasser Rabbat. There s one elegy i like from his poems in regards to life and being born. “This is my father`s crime against me, which I myself committed against none” (hādha janāhu abī ʿalayya wa-mā janaytu ʿalā aḥadin). Your loss made my heart a bird That swore off all nests, Days spent soaring and plunging, its wings Swift against the turns of fate. Death calls you by name; like a snake bite it tears Me in half, spitting poison in my ear. You wail. I am bound to crumble by it, As I am bound to leave my bed, though too Tired to face the day, as night passes like Lamplight fading in the darkness before dawn. anyway, w