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Al-Umda in the virtues of poetry and its etiquette

Name: Al-Umda in the virtues of poetry and its etiquette
Author: أبو على الحسن بن رشيق القيرواني الأزدي (المتوفى: 463 هـ)

العمدة في محاسن الشعر وآدابه

Author: أبو على الحسن بن رشيق القيرواني الأزدي (المتوفى: 463 هـ) (d. 463)

About this work

هذا الكتاب "العمدة في محاسن الشعر وآدابه" لابن رشيق القيرواني يتناول موضوع الشعر العربي وفضله وآدابه. يركز المؤلف على مناقشة فضائل الشعر ومقارنته بالمنثور، ويناقش أيضاً أثر الشعر في المجتمعات العربية ودوره في حفظ التراث والقيم. كما يتناول الكتاب جوانب فنية من الشعر مثل بنية الشعر والقوافي والأوزان، بالإضافة إلى آداب الشاعر وطرق عمل الشعر.

Translation

This book, “Al-Umdah fi Mahasin al-Sha’ar wa al-Adabah” by Ibn Rashiq al-Qayrawani, deals with the subject of Arabic poetry, its merits, and its etiquette. The author focuses on discussing the virtues of poetry and comparing it to prose. He also discusses the impact of poetry in Arab societies and its role in preserving heritage and values. The book also deals with technical aspects of poetry, such as poetry structure, rhymes, and meters, in addition to the poet’s etiquette and methods of writing poetry.

Topics covered

A chapter on the virtue of poetry
A chapter on responding to those who hate poetry
A chapter on the poems of caliphs, judges, and jurists
Chapter on who raises the hair and who puts it down
Chapter: Who has poetry for him and who has performed it for him?
Chapter on the intercession of poets and their incitement
Chapter: Tribes seek refuge in their poets
Chapter on the omen of poetry and its meaning
A chapter on the benefits and harms of hair
Chapter on presenting poets
Chapter on earning money through hair and nose
Chapter on the transmission of poetry in tribes
Chapter on the ancients and the moderns
Chapter on famous poets
Chapter on fried poets and conquerors
Chapter on those poets who wish to avoid playing with the incompetent
Chapter on poets and poetry
Chapter on the definition of poetry and its structure
Chapter on pronunciation and meaning
Chapter on the printed and manufactured
Chapter on weights
Chapter on rhymes
Chapter on rhyming and squeezing
Chapter on rajaz and qasid
Section on cutting and length

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