Luzūmiyyāt
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Luzūmiyyāt is a celebrated collection of philosophically charged, linguistically intricate Arabic poems by the 11th-century poet Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, noted for its skepticism and complex rhyme constraints.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luzum ma la yalzam | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic poetry
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Luzūm mā lā yalzam
NERFINISHED
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Luzūm mā lā yalzamuhu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
freethought in Islam
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zuhd (ascetic) tradition ⓘ |
| author | Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Islamic world ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 11th century ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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philosophical poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
qaṣīda
ⓘ
short philosophical poems ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-dogmatic
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rationalist ⓘ skeptical ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
allusive
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aphoristic ⓘ dense imagery ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
asceticism
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critique of dogma ⓘ ethics ⓘ human suffering ⓘ mortality ⓘ reason and rationalism ⓘ vanity of worldly life ⓘ |
| influenced | later Arabic skeptical literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī’s rationalism ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metricalFeature |
additional consonantal constraints
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strict rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex rhyme constraints
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linguistic intricacy ⓘ pessimistic outlook ⓘ philosophical content ⓘ religious skepticism ⓘ skeptical themes ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Arabic literary criticism
ⓘ
Islamic intellectual history ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| workOf | Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Luzum ma la yalzam