he wrote more than a hundred of books about philosophy, religion, and poetry, along with a philosophical study of the qur'an and various biographies of historic muslim leaders. he founded a poetry school with ibrahim al-mazny and abdel rahman shokry called al-diwan. he died in 1964 in cairo. his most famous works were "al-'abkariat", "allah", and "sarah". some of his books were translated into english. al-'akkad was known for his use of flowery and complicated prose.