The genius of Al-Sharif Al-Radi - Part One

Zaki Mubarak gathers in two parts a collection of lectures he delivered in the hall of the College of Law at the University of Baghdad in the 1930s. The author justifies his noble Razi choosing as the subject of the lectures by describing him as the greatest poet in the Arabic language in front of skeptics who asked: Could the noble Razi be more poetic than Al-Mutanabi? Mubarak applies in this study a set of literary criticism rules that he established in his earlier book "Balancing the Poets," aiming to change the standards of literary criticism among researchers, and to direct literary study to correct what the experts of critics have corrupted. Mubarak relies in this on his stance on studying Razi, in which he adopts the stance of a friend towards a friend, not a student towards a teacher as is common; so he believes if he believes, and disbelieves if he disbelieves, and if the noble one renews Mubarak, and if he plays, he plays. With his keenness to treat the faithful friend well; he points out Razi's flaws gently and precisely, which only the clever notice.