The Arabic syllable and al-’Arud - analysis of the mu’allaqa of Imru al-Qays
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34864/heteroglossia.issn.2084-1302.nr17.art09Keywords:
Arabic language evolution, Pre-classical Arabic, syllable, Arabic poetics, Imru al-QaysAbstract
Arabic poetics, called “al-Arud,” developed the concept of حرف) harf), which is different from the definitions of syllables known to us. The article presents the results
of a computer analysis of the structure of the most famous poem by Imru al-Qays, which confirms the regular 14-syllable character of the poem. If we assume that the concept of the syllable was not known to scholars in the first centuries of Islam and to Khalil Ibn Ahmad al Farahidi, this may indicate that Taha Hussein was wrong in his claims that pre-Islamic poetry was altered in the first centuries of Islam. This is a strong argument for it being the original language used by Imru al-Qays many years before the emergence of Islam. This does not mean that the poem has survived in its entirety, but in our opinion what has survived represents the original language used by Imru al-Qays.
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Materiały audiowizualne
Metwally Mohammed The Mu’allaqa of Imru al-Qays.flv (https://youtu.be/fKeyuqfhfOo?feature=shared) (dostęp 03.07.2024).
Ashmawi Abdulrahman. Imru Al Qays The Muallaqah (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKWmFoBgYeA) (dostęp 03.07.2024).
