The Mu’allaqat | Muwallaka

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The Mu’allaqat | Muwallaka

The Mu'allaqat  Muwallaka

The Mu’allaqat | Muwallaka

The Mu’allaqat (or Muwallakat) is a  collection of pre-Islamic poems compiled by Hammad bin Al-Rabi, an Arabic poet of the eighth century AD. This collection contains poems by seven great poets of the pre-Islamic era. The word ‘muwallaka’ refers to something hanging. In the pre-Islamic era, a poetry recitation competition was held once a year in a place called ‘Okaj’ and the best poet was awarded in that competition and the winning poem was kept hanging on the wall of the  Kaaba. Such poets were Imraul Qays, Zuhair bin Abi Salma, Tarafa, Labid bin Rabia, Antara bin Shaddad, Amar bin Kulthum, and Haris bin Hillija. Muwallakat poems were descriptive. These were called ‘qasida’. The main themes of these poems were love, tribal conflict, condemnation of rival enemies, praise of the poet’s patron, animal, nature etc. Although only a small portion of the pre-Islamic period poetry is preserved in this collection, yet by means of this collection we can get acquainted with some of the best poems of the Pre-Islamic period. 0 0 0.

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N.B. This article ‘The Mu’allaqat | Muwallaka’ originally belongs to the book entitled ‘A Brief History of Arabic Literature: Pre-Islamic Period (500 AD-622 AD) by Menonim Menonimus.

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