zuhdiyyah
Arabic poetic genre
Also known as: zuhdīyāt
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major reference
- In Arabic literature: Later genres
(wine poems), ṭardiyyāt (hunt poems), zuhdiyyāt (ascetic poems), and ghazal (love poems).
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The pre-Islamic muʿallaqah poet Zuhayr finishes his long poem recounting tribal warfare and attempts at reconciliation with a series of reflections and maxims:
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founding by Abū al-ʿAtāhiyah
- In Islamic arts: The Abbasids
The category of zuhdiyyah (ascetic poems) was invented by the poet Abū al-ʿAtāhiyyah (died 825/826) from Basra, the centre of early ascetic movements. His pessimistic thoughts on the transitory nature of this world were uttered in an unpretentious kind of verse that rejected all current notions of style…
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