The Mantle Odes: Arabic Praise Poems to the Prophet MuhammadThree of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. Over the centuries, they have informed the poetic and religious life of the Arab and Islamic worlds. Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych places her original translations of the poems within the odes' broader cultural context. By highlighting their transformative power as speech acts and their ritual function as gift exchanges, this book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader. |
Contents
One Kab ibn Zuhayr and the Mantle of the Prophet | 1 |
The Poem as Ransom Payment | 3 |
Transgression and Redemption | 12 |
The Tacit Panegyric Pact | 19 |
The PreIslamic as ProtoIslamic | 28 |
Kab ibn Zuhayrs Suād Has Departed | 30 |
The Conversion Narrative | 33 |
The Conversion Ode | 38 |
Parts 910 141 | 141 |
Supplication and Plea for Intercession | 142 |
Fervent Prayer and Petition | 144 |
Conclusion | 148 |
Three Ah mad Shawqī and the Reweaving of the Mantle | 151 |
Poetic Precedents | 153 |
The Khedive the Shaykh and the Adīb | 156 |
The Colonial Double Bind | 160 |
Desert Journey Raƒīl | 42 |
Praise Madīƒ | 46 |
The Donation of the Mantle | 62 |
Conclusion | 66 |
Two AlBūsīrī and the Dream of the Mantle | 70 |
Poetic Genre | 71 |
Classical and PostClassical Badī | 73 |
The Poet and His Times | 81 |
The Miracle and the Poem | 82 |
Umar ibn alFāriæs Was That Laylás Fire | 88 |
The Mantle Ode | 90 |
Parts 13 | 92 |
Warning against the Desires of the Self | 95 |
Praise of the Noble Messenger | 97 |
Parts 48 | 106 |
Poeticization and Polemicization | 107 |
The Birth of the Prophet | 111 |
The Miracles of the Prophet | 117 |
The Noble Qurƒān | 121 |
The Night Journey and Ascension | 127 |
The Messengers Jihād and Campaigns | 132 |
The Thematic Structure | 163 |
In the Path of alBūsīrīParts16 | 166 |
Chiding the Unruly SoulWarning against Worldly Temptations | 171 |
Repentance Submission and Supplication | 173 |
Prophetic Praise | 176 |
Sīrah Themes The Birth of the Prophet The NightJourney and Ascension The Miracle of the Cave | 184 |
Metapoetic Recapitulation of Prophetic Praise | 194 |
The Ihyāƒ Project Parts712 | 200 |
Polemic against Christianity | 201 |
DefensePraise of Jihād and the Prophets Military Campaigns | 202 |
The Sharīah | 208 |
The Glory of Baghdād | 216 |
The Orthodox Caliphs | 219 |
Benediction and Supplication | 224 |
Conclusion | 231 |
Appendix of Arabic Texts | 235 |
Notes | 261 |
Works Cited | 287 |
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Common terms and phrases
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