Explanation of the ten Mu'allaqat

Author: Ahmed Amin Al-Shanqeeti Classification: Literature and Poetry Publication date: 2017 Publisher: Dar Al-Taqwa Cover design: Shamoa cardboard folder Number of pages: 224 About the book: Al-Mu'allaqat; the precious Arab poems that reached their peak in their era and became famous, so much so that people hung them on the curtains of the Kaaba before Islam, and their verses were filled with beautiful eloquence, masterpieces of imagery and imagination, their themes varied, and their language and structures matured. About the ten Mu'allaqat, "Ahmed bin Al-Amin Al-Shanqeeti," the author of the book before us, tells us, reviewing their texts, explaining their narrators and their differences in narration, commenting on some of their verses, and clarifying the strange words and expressions. This is preceded by a comprehensive presentation of the poets of the ten Mu'allaqat, including their names and lineages, their classes and poetic standings, their news and anecdotes, their conditions with poetry and the devils of poetry that accompanied them and inspired them with those enchanting poems.