This article is devoted to the life and work of the great thinker Abu al-Ala al-Maari, who occupies a special place in Arabic literature. It first deals with the description of Abu-l-Ala al-Maarri by Eastern and Western scholars, as well as research and scientific treatises about his work. The article provides information about the life of al-Maari, his scientific travels and his teachers. His work begins with the philosophical lines of pre-Islamic poets and culminates in the development of Arabic philosophical lyricism, which runs through the poems of Abu al-Ataxia and the pessimistic irrigation poems of al-Mutanabbi. Al-Maari is not only a skilled poet, but also a mature philosopher. Throughout his philosophical lyricism, there is the theme of extreme dissatisfaction with life and the motives of helpless loneliness in a terrible world, the theme of helplessness in the face of evil. In addition to philosophical and religious problems, the poet was also interested in moral problems, which he viewed from a very humane point of view. The poet steadfastly opposed social injustice, believing that serving the people is the only path worthy of a person.
