The Guide for the Perplexed
The rise of Arabic literature in al-Andalus occurred in dialogue with the golden age of Jewish culture in Iberia. Most Jewish writers in al-Andalus—while incorporating elements such as rhyme, meter, and themes of classical Arabic poetry—created poetry in Hebrew, but Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Joseph ibn Naghrela, and Ibn Sahl al-Isra'ili wrote poetry in Arabic. Maimonides wrote his landmark "Dalãlat al-Hā'irīn" ("The Guide for the Perplexed") in Arabic using the Hebrew alphabet.