Muʻallaqāt
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Name (Hebrew)
מעלקאת
Name (Latin)
Muʻallaqāt
Name (Arabic)
المعلقات
Other forms of name
Muallaqat
Muʻallaḳāt
Mudáhabát
Moallakat
Mouʼallaqât
Golden odes
al-Muʻallaqāt
אלמעלקאת
אל-מעלקאת
معلقات
المذهبات
Form of work
Poetry
Odes
Qaṣīdas
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Its The seven golden odes of pagan Arabia, known also as the Moallakat ... 1903.
- The Golden odes of love, 1997.
- Wikipedia, June 15, 2017:Mu'allaqat (The Muʻallaqāt (Arabic: المعلقات = al-Muʻallaqāt) is a group of seven long Arabic poems that are considered the best work of the pre-Islamic era. The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems, the traditional explanation being that these poems were hung on or in the Ka'ba at Mecca. The name Muʻallaqāt has also been explained figuratively, as if the poems "hang" in the reader's mind.)
- Al-Muʻallaqāt; collection of seven pre-Islamic Arabic qaṣīdahs (odes), each considered to be its author's best piece. Since the authors themselves are among the dozen or so most famous poets of the 6th century, the selection enjoys a unique position in Arabic literature, representing the finest of early Arabic poetry; idea of grouping together these particular poems is most commonly attributed to Ḥammād al-Rāwiyah, who was an 8th-century collector of early poetry; it is by no means clear, however, that Ḥammād himself ever used the name Muʻallaqāt in referring to his compilation. Instead, he appears to have referred to it as the "seven renowned ones" (al-sabʻ al-mashhūrāt) or simply as "the renowned ones" (al-mashhūrāt); the name Muʻallaqāt appeared about 900 to distinguish the seven poems as a subset in a larger compilation of poems; the poems provide an excellent picture of Bedouin life, manners, and modes of thought ( (Britannica online, June 15, 2017) )
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Wikipedia description:
The Muʻallaqāt (Arabic: المعلقات, [ʔalmuʕallaqaːt]) is a compilation of seven long pre-Islamic Arabic poems. The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems, they were named so because these poems were hung in the Kaaba in Mecca. Some scholars have also suggested that the hanging is figurative, as if the poems "hang" in the reader's mind. Along with the Mufaddaliyat, Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab, Asma'iyyat, and the Hamasah, the Mu'allaqāt are considered the primary source for early written Arabic poetry. Scholar Peter N. Stearns goes so far as to say that they represent "the most sophisticated poetic production in the history of Arabic letters."
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