Francis Marrash

thumb|right Francis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (1835 or 29 June 1836 – 1874), also known as Francis al-Marrash or Francis Marrash al-Halabi, was a Syrian scholar, publicist, writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance, and a physician. Quotes Ghabat al-haqq (c. 1865) ar انهُ بالمحبة قد قام العالم جميعهُ وبالمحبة تتحرك جميع الاشياءِ وبالمحبة يثبت كل من المخلوقات على حدتهِ وبالمحبة يحافظ الكل على اجزائهِ وهكذا It is by Love that the whole world is maintained, [by Love all things move,] by Love each creature perpetuates itself separately, and by Love the whole preserves its parts [and so forth]. Hawi, Khalil S. (1982). Kahlil Gibran: his Background, Character, and Works (2nd ed.), pp. 59–60. Third World Centre for Research and Publishing. 978-0-86199-011-5. External links Category:Authors from Syria Category:Poets Category:Physicians Category:Christians Category:1830s births Category:1874 deaths