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  2. Arabic poetry - Wikipedia

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    Arabic poetry ( Arabic: الشعر العربي ash-shi‘r al-‘arabīyy) is one of the earliest forms of Arabic literature. Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry contains the bulk of the oldest poetic material in Arabic, but Old Arabic inscriptions reveal the art of poetry existed in Arabic writing in material as early as the 1st century BCE, with oral ...

  3. Rumi - Wikipedia

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    Rumi was born to Persian parents, [35] [12] [13] [36] in Balkh, [37] modern-day Afghanistan or Wakhsh, [4] a village on the East bank of the Wakhsh River known as Sangtuda in present-day Tajikistan. [4] The area, culturally adjacent to Balkh, is where Mawlânâ's father, Bahâ' uddîn Walad, was a preacher and jurist. [4]

  4. Islamic poetry - Wikipedia

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    Islamic poetry is a form of spoken word written & recited by Muslims. Islamic poetry, and notably Sufi poetry, has been written in many languages including Urdu and Turkish . Genres of Islamic poetry include Ginans, devotional hymns recited by Ismailis; Ghazal, poetic expression of the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite ...

  5. Ghazal - Wikipedia

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    Ghazal. An illustrated headpiece from a mid-18th century collection of ghazals and rubāʻīyāt. The ghazal[ a] is a form of amatory poem or ode, [ 1] originating in Arabic poetry. [ 2] Ghazals often deal with topics of spiritual and romantic love and may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation from the ...

  6. Mu'allaqat - Wikipedia

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    The poems. The seven Mu'allaqat, and also the poems appended to them, represent almost every type of ancient Arabian poetry. Tarafa's poem includes a long, anatomically exact description of his camel, common in pre-Islamic poetry. The Mu'allaqat of 'Amr and Harith contain fakhr (boasting) about the splendors of their tribe.

  7. Islamic literature - Wikipedia

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    Islamic literature is literature written by Muslim people, influenced by an Islamic cultural perspective, or literature that portrays Islam. It can be written in any language and portray any country or region. It includes many literary forms including adabs, a non-fiction form of Islamic advice literature, [1] and various fictional literary ...

  8. Bidrohi (poem) - Wikipedia

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    139. Young Nazrul in-front of the Dalmadal Canon in Bishnupur, Bankura. "Bidrohi" ( Bengali: "বিদ্রোহী"; English: "The Rebel") is a popular revolutionary Bengali poem and the most famous poem written by Kazi Nazrul Islam in December 1921. [1] [2] [3] Originally published in several periodicals, the poem was first collected in ...

  9. Saj' - Wikipedia

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    Saj'. Saj‘ ( Arabic: سجع) is a form of rhymed prose in Persian and Arabic literature. It is named so because of its evenness or monotony, or from a fancied resemblance between its rhythm and the cooing of a dove. Characterized by a kind of rhythm as well as rhyme, it can engender either a highly artificial or a powerfully resonant style.