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The Sūra of the Poets Revisited

The Sūra of the Poets Revisited © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157006408X377192 Journal of Arabic Literature 39 (2008) 398-423 www.brill.nl/jal The Sūra of the Poets Revisited Irfan Shahîd Georgetown University Abstract The sūra of the poets (xxvi) is unique among all the s ūras of the Qur ʾ ān. It is the only sūra which treats in a significant manner the secular art of Arabic poetry (verses 224-227) in the context of the defense of the Qur ʾ ān as the Word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muh ̣ ammad (verses 1-9). For Arabic poetry, verse 227 documents the birth of an entirely new genre in the history of Arabic poetry, the Islamic, and what is more, it legitimates poetic composition along strictly Islamic lines, bringing poetry within the purview of the Shari ʿ a. For Qur ʾ ānic studies, verse 226 “and they say what they do not do,” has been closely examined and the examination has yielded the conclusion that this “unfulfilled promise” on the part of the poets is the key to discovering what the important Qur ʾ ānic dogma inimitability, I ʿ jāz , consists in. The regnant view of later times understood it in literary terms, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Arabic Literature Brill

The Sūra of the Poets Revisited

Shahîd, Irfan
Journal of Arabic Literature , Volume 39 (3): 398 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0085-2376
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10.1163/157006408X377192
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157006408X377192 Journal of Arabic Literature 39 (2008) 398-423 www.brill.nl/jal The Sūra of the Poets Revisited Irfan Shahîd Georgetown University Abstract The sūra of the poets (xxvi) is unique among all the s ūras of the Qur ʾ ān. It is the only sūra which treats in a significant manner the secular art of Arabic poetry (verses 224-227) in the context of the defense of the Qur ʾ ān as the Word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muh ̣ ammad (verses 1-9). For Arabic poetry, verse 227 documents the birth of an entirely new genre in the history of Arabic poetry, the Islamic, and what is more, it legitimates poetic composition along strictly Islamic lines, bringing poetry within the purview of the Shari ʿ a. For Qur ʾ ānic studies, verse 226 “and they say what they do not do,” has been closely examined and the examination has yielded the conclusion that this “unfulfilled promise” on the part of the poets is the key to discovering what the important Qur ʾ ānic dogma inimitability, I ʿ jāz , consists in. The regnant view of later times understood it in literary terms,

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Journal of Arabic Literature – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: SADAQA; WADI; TABI'A/SHAYATIN; GHAWUN; GHAWA/; IJAZ; TABIUN; ASHAR

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