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Umar Ibn Muhammed Al-Nefzawi


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Tunisia

According to the introduction of Colville's English translation, Muḥammad al-Nafzawi probably wrote The Perfumed Garden sometime during the twelfth century. Sheikh Nefzawi was born among the Berber Nefzawa tribe in the south of present-day Tunisia. He compiled it at the request of the Hafsid ruler of Tunis, Abū Fāris ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Mutawakkil. The reputation acquired by this work in the Arab world was similar to that of the Arabian Nights. ...more

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“He who called her so called her by her true name, for she is the full moon of full moons, afore God!”
Umar Ibn Muhammed Al-Nefzawi, The Perfumed Garden
tags: god, her, moon

“الباب التاسع في أسماء فروج النساء :

اعلم يرحمك الله إن لفروج النساء أسماء كثيرة فمنها:
الكس، التبنة، الطبون، الحر، الفرج، أبو طرطور، الشق، الزرزور، العص، الغلمون، الثقيل، الدكاك، السكوتي، القنفود، أبو خشيم، النفاخ، الحسن، الطلاب، البشيع، الفشفاش، المقعور، أبو بلعوم، العريض، الواسع، أبو جبة، المودي، الهزاز، الغربال، أبو عنكرة، أبو شفرين، المقابل، الملقي، المسبول، المغيب، المعبن، العضاض، المغمور، المصفح، الناوي، الصبار، وغير ذلك.
فأما الفرج سمي بذلك الاسم لانحلاله وسيل يطلق على المرأة والرجال قال الله تعالى (والحافظين فروجهم والحافظات) والفرج هو الشق.”
Umar Ibn Muhammed Al-Nefzawi, The Perfumed Garden

“Do not serve an old woman, even if she offered to feed you with semolina and almond bread.”
Umar Ibn Muhammed Al-Nefzawi, The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight

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