Two years later, Omar published his thesis. In the acknowledgements, he thanked "the translator whose name I never learned, and whose files I could not keep."
He downloaded a folder: 47 files. Each was a PDF. Each was a full English translation of works like Kitab al-Zuhd (The Book of Asceticism), Kitab al-Mawt (The Book of Death), Kitab al-Tawbah (The Book of Repentance). ibn abi dunya books pdf english
He sat back, stunned.
The files were gone.