Contributors to Early Arabic Prose
Contributors to Early Arabic Prose
Contributors to Early Arabic Prose
‘Prose’ refers to the language used spontaneously by people to communicate with each other in social life. There is prose literature in all the languages ​​of the world. Arabic, one of the world’s largest languages, also has rich prose literature. However, although there is no exact date for the beginning of prose literature in this language, there is historical evidence that Arabic prose literature was born in the pre-Islamic period, between 500 AD and 622 AD. The scope of prose literature of the time was limited to some proverbs, war stories, fairy tales, anecdotes, speeches, sayings of the Kahens, etc. Unfortunately, the prose literature of this period does not exist except for a few sketches.
In 622 AD, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) migrated from Mecca to Medina and began to spread Islam openly. From this time onwards, a new awakening began in the social, political, religious, and literary life of Arabia. As a result, Arabic poetry as well as prose literature developed considerably. The Qur’an and the hadiths made a special contribution to this development. The language of the Qur’an was a wonderful combination of prose and verse. The language of the hadith, on the other hand, was plain prose. This prose was simple, straightforward and easy to understand. Therefore, the prose of the Hadith influenced the Arabic language of the time more than the language of the Qur’an. However, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as well as many others, especially the four Caliphs- Hazarat Abu Bakr (RA), Hazarat Umar (RA), Hazarat Uthman (RA), and Hazarat Ali (RA), also contributed to the development and spread of Arabic prose. 0 0 0.
Contributors to Early Arabic Prose
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N.B. This article ‘Contributors to Early Arabic Prose‘ originally belongs to the book entitled ‘A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Early Islamic Period (622 AD-661 AD) by Menonim Menonimus.
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