The novel by Mikhail Josephovich Nu‘aymeh “The Last Day” is published in Russian language for the first time with the assistance of Ibn Sina Foundation. Its translation from Arabic into Russian was accomplished by Faris Osmanovich Nofal, the researcher at the sector of philosophy of the Islamic world of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Mikhail Nu‘aymeh (1889-1988) is an outstanding Lebanese novelist, the representative of the contemporary Arabic Literature. A brilliant prose writer and publicist, Nu‘aymeh remained loyal to Russia during his lifetime as he was grateful to this country for the excellent education and his initial literature experiences he obtained there.

In “The Last Day” Mikhail Nu‘aymeh as a devoted follower of F.M. Dostoyevsky depicts a fantastic and at the same time realistic picture of “little person’s” life, the life of professor Musa al-‘Askari. During 24 hours of his life the senior specialist on Islamic mysticism experiences disease, death, betrayal and the time itself in order in understand that we shouldn’t study supernatural, rather we should blindly follow it…

The novel is published by “Sadra” Publishing House.