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.

Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form Occurrences
Arabic prose work 17
Arabic book 10
classical Arabic work 6

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