Khufu's Wisdom
| Author | Naguib Mahfouz |
|---|---|
| Translator | Raymond Stock |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Fiction, historical fiction |
Publication date | 1939 |
| Publication place | Egypt |
Published in English | 2003 |
Khufu's Wisdom (Arabic: حكمة خوفو, romanized: Hikmat Khufu) is the first novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in 1939 in Arabic by Salama Moussa, who renamed it 'Abath al-Aqdar (Arabic: عبث الأقدار, lit. 'The Absurdity of Fate'), as a separate issue of the magazine Al Majalla Al Jadida.
It is Mahfouz's first novel and the first of what would later be referred to as his pharaonic trilogy, which also includes Rhadopis and Thebes at War.