Al-Muʿallaqāt

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Al-Muʿallaqāt are a celebrated collection of pre-Islamic Arabic odes traditionally regarded as masterpieces of early Arabic poetry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic literary canon ⓘ
collection of poems ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ
associatedWithTribe various pre-Islamic Arab tribes ⓘ
attributedCompiler Hammad al-Rāwiya ⓘ
compilerTradition Hammad al-Rāwiya ⓘ
containsPoemBy Imruʾ al-Qays ⓘ
linked to: Imru’ al-Qays

Labīd ibn Rabīʿa ⓘ
linked to: Labid ibn Rabi‘a

Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā ⓘ
al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥilliza ⓘ
ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm ⓘ
ʿAntara ibn Shaddād ⓘ
linked to: Antarah ibn Shaddad

Ṭarafa ibn al-ʿAbd ⓘ
culturalContext Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
etymologyOfTitle derived from root ʿ-l-q meaning to hang or suspend ⓘ
extendedCanonSize 10 ⓘ
genre ode ⓘ
hasModernEditions yes ⓘ
hasTranslations yes ⓘ
hasVariantTradition yes ⓘ
historicityOfHangingStory considered legendary by many modern scholars ⓘ
influenceOn Arabic literary criticism ⓘ
Arabic rhetoric ⓘ
classical Arabic poetics ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
laterTransmission written manuscripts ⓘ
literaryForm qasida ⓘ
mainThemes desert journeys ⓘ
generosity and hospitality ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
love ⓘ
nostalgia for deserted campsites ⓘ
praise and satire ⓘ
tribal honor ⓘ
meter classical Arabic quantitative meters ⓘ
nameInArabic المعلقات ⓘ
numberOfOdes 10 ⓘ
7 ⓘ
period pre-Islamic era ⓘ
regardedAs foundation of classical Arabic literature ⓘ
masterpieces of early Arabic poetry ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
rhymeScheme monorhyme ⓘ
sometimesIncludesPoemBy al-Aʿshā ⓘ
linked to: Al-A‘sha

al-Nābigha al-Dhubyānī ⓘ
al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥilliza in alternative ordering ⓘ
ʿAbīd ibn al-Abras ⓘ
studiedIn Arabic literature curricula worldwide ⓘ
traditionalCanonSize 7 ⓘ
traditionalExplanationOfTitle poems hung on the Kaaba in Mecca ⓘ
translation The Suspended Odes ⓘ
transmission oral tradition ⓘ
usedFor memorization and recitation practice ⓘ
teaching Arabic language and grammar ⓘ
usedIn traditional Arabic education ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mu'allaqat → hasAlternativeName → Al-Muʿallaqāt ⓘ
Antarah ibn Shaddad → notableWork → Mu‘allaqa of Antarah ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muʿallaqāt
Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma → partOf → the canon of the Seven Mu'allaqat ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muʿallaqāt
The Suspended Odes → hasTransliteration → al-Muʿallaqāt ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muʿallaqāt
The Suspended Odes → hasAlternativeName → The Muʿallaqāt ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muʿallaqāt