classical Arabic text

C19380

concept

A classical Arabic text is a written work composed in the formal, literary variety of Arabic used from the early Islamic period through the medieval era, characterized by rich rhetoric, precise grammar, and adherence to traditional stylistic norms.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Arabic prose work	17
Arabic book	10
classical Arabic work	6
medieval Arabic text	6
work of Arabic grammar	4
classical Arabic text canonical	3
pre-Islamic Arabic poetry	3
Arabic scientific text	2
classical Arabic prose work	2
Arabic literature	1
classical Arabic linguistic work	1
classical Arabic poem	1
classical Arabic poetry anthology	1
classicalArabicLiterature	1
foundational text in Arabic linguistics	1
work on Arabic grammar	1
كتاب نحوي	1
مرجع في النحو العربي	1

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Class: classical Arabic text

Generated description

A classical Arabic text is a written work composed in the formal, literary variety of Arabic used from the early Islamic period through the medieval era, characterized by rich rhetoric, precise grammar, and adherence to traditional stylistic norms.

Instances (59)

Instance	Via concept surface
Nihāyat al-sūl fī taṣḥīḥ al-uṣūl	medieval Arabic text
Al-Muʿallaqāt	pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
The Suspended Odes	pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
The Hanging Odes	classical Arabic poetry anthology
Mu'allaqa of Imru' al-Qais	classical Arabic poem
Kitab al-Bukhala	Arabic prose work
Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin	Arabic prose work
Kitāb ṭibb al-ṣibyān	medieval Arabic text
Risalat al-Ghufran	Arabic prose work
al-‘Umda fi Sina‘at al-Jiraha	medieval Arabic text
Adab al-kabīr	Arabic prose work
Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba	Arabic prose work
Maqamat al-Hariri	Arabic prose work
The Maqamat of al-Hariri	classical Arabic prose work
Ibn Hisham’s recension of the Sira	—
Kitab al-Tawasin	Arabic prose work
Umdat al-Qari	classical Arabic work
Kitab of Sibawayh	work on Arabic grammar
al-Kitāb	work of Arabic grammar
الكتاب	كتاب نحوي
Mu'allaqat	pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
The Golden Meadows	classicalArabicLiterature
The Ring of the Dove	Arabic literature
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya	Arabic book
Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy	Arabic scientific text
Al-Mudawwana al-Kubra	classical Arabic work
The Travels of Ibn Jubayr	Arabic prose work
Kitab al-Sab'in	medieval Arabic text
Kitab al-Ibar	Arabic book
History of the Prophets and Kings	Arabic book
Muruj al-Dhahab wa Maʿadin al-Jawhar	Arabic prose work
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf	Arabic book
Sifat al-Safwa	Arabic book
Al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa’l-Umam	Arabic book
"Tawq al-Hamama" (The Ring of the Dove) surface form: Tawq al-Hamama	Arabic prose work
Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim	Arabic book
The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions	Arabic prose work
Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq	medieval Arabic text
Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya surface form: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya	Arabic prose work
al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil	Arabic prose work
Tajarib al-Umam	Arabic prose work
al-Risala al-Qushayriyya	Arabic prose work
Mufradat alfaz al-Qur'an	classical Arabic work
al-Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an	classical Arabic work
al-Dhari'a ila makarim al-shari'a	classical Arabic work
Kitab al-Umm	classical Arabic work
Jami‘ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi	—
Futuh al-Buldan	Arabic book
Kitab al-Ri'aya li-Huquq Allah	Arabic prose work
Dhail Tabaqat al-Hanabila	Arabic book