The Mantle Odes: Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet Muhammad
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ISBN-13: | 9780253222060 |
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Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Publication date: | 06/14/2010 |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 954,642 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface XI
Acknowledgments XV
Note on Translation and Transliteration XVII
List of Abbreviations XIX
1 Ka'B Ibn Zuhayr and The Mantle of the Prophet
Introduction 1
The Pre-Islamic Prototype 1
1 'Alqamah's A Heart Turbulent with Passion: The Poem as Ransom Payment 3
2 Al-Nabighah's O Abode of Mayyah: Transgression and Redemption 12
3 Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulmá's The Tribe Set Out: The Tacit Panegyric Pact 19
The Pre-Islamic as Proto-Islamic 28
Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's Su'ad Has Departed 30
The Conversion Narrative 33
The Conversion Ode 38
Part 1 Lyric-Elegiac Prelude (Nasib) 38
Part 2 Desert Journey (Rahil) 42
Part 3 Praise (Madih) 46
Mythogenesis: The Donation of the Mantle 62
Conclusion 66
Hassan ibn Thabit's At Taybah Lies a Trace 66
2 Al-Busiri and The Dream of The Mantle
Introduction 70
Poetic Genre 71
Poetic Style: Classical and Post-Classical Badi' 73
The Poet and His Times 81
The Miracle and the Poem 82
'Umar ibn al-Farid's Was That Laylá's Fire 88
The Mantle Ode 90
The Structure of al-Busiri's Burdah 90
The Beginning of the Supplicatory Pattern: Parts 1-3 92
Part 1 Prophetic Nasib 92
Part 2 Warning against the Desires of the Self 95
Part 3 Praise of the Noble Messenger 97
The Sirah-Derived Passages: Parts 4-8 106
Poeticization and Polemicization 107
Part 4 The Birth of the Prophet 111
Part 5 The Miracles of the Prophet 117
Part 6 The Noble Qur'an 121
Part 7 The Night Journey and Ascension 127
Part 8 The Messenger's Jihad and Campaigns 132
Completion of the Supplicatory Pattern: Parts 9-10 141
Part 9 Supplication and Plea for Intercession 142
Part 10 Fervent Prayer and Petition 144
Conclusion 148
3 Ahmad Shawqi and the Reweaving of the Mantle
Introduction 151
Ahmad Shawqi and the Nahdah 151
Poetic Precedents 153
Authorizing the Text: The Khedive, the Shaykh, and the Adib 156
The Colonial Double Bind 160
Shawqi's Nahj al-Burdah: The Thematic Structure 163
Nahj al-Burdah Movement I: In the Path of al-Busiri-Parts 1-6 166
Part 1 Nasib: Complaint of Unrequited Love 166
Part 2 Chiding the Unruly Soul-Warning against Worldly Temptations 171
Part 3 Repentance, Submission, and Supplication 173
Part 4 Prophetic Praise 176
Part 5 Sirah Themes: The Birth of the Prophet; The Night Journey and Ascension; The Miracle of the Cave 184
Part 6 Metapoetic Recapitulation of Prophetic Praise 194
Nahj al-Burdah Movement II: The Ihya' Project: Parts 7-12 200
Part 7 Polemic against Christianity 201
Part 8 Defense/Praise of Jihad and the Prophet's Military Campaigns 202
Part 9 The Shari'ah 208
Part 10 The Glory of Baghdad 216
Part 11 The Orthodox Caliphs 219
Part 12 Benediction and Supplication 224
Conclusion 231
Umm Kulthum, al-Qaradawi, and Nahj al-Burdah 231
Appendix of Arabic Texts 235
Notes 26l
Works Cited 287
Index 297
What People are Saying About This
"Also author of The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy (2002) and The Mute Immortals Speak (1993), Stetkevych (Indiana Univ.) provides an original translation and careful analysis of three landmark poems in Arabic Islamic literature: Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's "Su'ad Has Departed" (presented to the prophet in his life), Al-Busiri's "Mantle Ode" (13th century), and Ahmad Shawqi's "The Way of the Mantle" (early 20th century). The author argues that these are essentially praise poems with similar structural elements. They are addressed to the prophet in exchange for a gift, and the nature of this gift varies according to the poem's cultural and historical circumstances. Each of the book's three chapters presents a comprehensive and compelling line-by-line analysis of its subject poem. The book also includes an appendix of Arabic texts. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty. Choice"
Also author of The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy (2002) and The Mute Immortals Speak (1993), Stetkevych (Indiana Univ.) provides an original translation and careful analysis of three landmark poems in Arabic Islamic literature: Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's "Su'ad Has Departed" (presented to the prophet in his life), Al-Busiri's "Mantle Ode" (13th century), and Ahmad Shawqi's "The Way of the Mantle" (early 20th century). The author argues that these are essentially praise poems with similar structural elements. They are addressed to the prophet in exchange for a gift, and the nature of this gift varies according to the poem's cultural and historical circumstances. Each of the book's three chapters presents a comprehensive and compelling line-by-line analysis of its subject poem. The book also includes an appendix of Arabic texts. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty. Choice
"A great achievement in literary theory and Islamic thought and a significant contribution to Arabic literature."
Also author of The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy (2002) and The Mute Immortals Speak (1993), Stetkevych (Indiana Univ.) provides an original translation and careful analysis of three landmark poems in Arabic Islamic literature: Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's "Su'ad Has Departed" (presented to the prophet in his life), Al-Busiri's "Mantle Ode" (13th century), and Ahmad Shawqi's "The Way of the Mantle" (early 20th century). The author argues that these are essentially praise poems with similar structural elements. They are addressed to the prophet in exchange for a gift, and the nature of this gift varies according to the poem's cultural and historical circumstances. Each of the book's three chapters presents a comprehensive and compelling line-by-line analysis of its subject poem. The book also includes an appendix of Arabic texts. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty. — Choice
A work of scholarship at the highest level, critically groundbreaking, textually grounded, elegantly argued, and of a depth and breadth that is rare in any field.
A great achievement in literary theory and Islamic thought and a significant contribution to Arabic literature.
"A work of scholarship at the highest level, critically groundbreaking, textually grounded, elegantly argued, and of a depth and breadth that is rare in any field."