La pasión prohibida: el libro sobre el martirio por amor de Mugulṭāy y su censura

Abstract

Al-Wāḍiḥ al-mubīn fī ḏhikr man ustushhida min al-muḥibbīn by Mughulṭāy (d. 762/1361) is the only love treatise whose reading was ever prohibited in the entire history of the genre. The reasons alleged in ancient sources are insufficient or not explicit enough on the reasons why Mughulṭāy’s book was burned in the public square and withdrawn from the book market in 14ᵗʰ-century Cairo. This article consists of an attempt to understand the reasons behind this prohibition.