The Poem Of Zuhair : Sacred-Texts Islam Index Previous THE POEM OF ZUHAIR1 "Does the blackened ruin, situated in the stony ground between Durraj and Mutathallam, which did not speak to me, when addressed, belong to the abode of Ummi Awfa? "And is it her dwelling at the two stony meadows, seeming as though they were...
The Poem Of Antar : Sacred-Texts Islam Index Previous Next THE POEM OF ANTAR1 Have the poets left in the garment a place for a patch to be patched by me; and did you know the abode of your beloved after reflection?2 The vestige of the house, which did not speak, confounded thee, until it spoke by means of signs, like...
Introduction : Sacred-Texts Islam Index Next INTRODUCTION {by Charles F. Horne} THE LAST SEMITIC CONQUERORS: THE SUDDEN BLOSSOMING OF ARABIC LITERATURE THE Arabs are one of the most ancient races known to history. Historical records, which are perhaps earth's earliest, have been recently rediscovered among...
The Poem Of Imru Ul Quais : Sacred-Texts Islam Index Previous Next THE POEM OF IMRU-UL-QUAIS1 Stop, oh my friends, let us pause to weep over the remembrance of my beloved. Here was her abode on the edge of the sandy desert between Dakhool and Howmal. The traces of her encampment are not wholly obliterated even now. For when...
