Iblis: A Study of the History of Good and Evil and Humanity's Distinction Between Them from Antiquity to the Present

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Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad traces the human distinction between good and evil across myth, religion, philosophy, and cultural memory. Moving from early ideas of spirit and nature through ancient Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and the major religious traditions, he treats Iblis not as a static symbol but as a mirror for free will and moral trial. The study also examines pride, defiance, magic, poetic imagination, and genius, inviting readers to confront the roots of an enduring conflict within the deepest layers of human consciousness.