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  2. Qawwali - Wikipedia

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    Qawl(Arabic: قَوْل) is an "utterance (of the prophet)", Qawwāl is someone who often repeats (sings) a Qaul, Qawwāli is what a Qawwāl sings. Origins. [edit] Delhi's Sufi saint Amir Khusrowof the Chistiorderof Sufisis credited with fusing the Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and Indiantraditions in the late 13th century in India to create ...

  3. Alā yā ayyoha-s-sāqī - Wikipedia

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    Alā yā ayyoha-s-sāqī is a ghazal (love poem) by the 14th-century poet Hafez of Shiraz. It is the opening poem in the collection of Hafez's 530 poems. In this poem, Hafez calls for wine to soothe his difficulties in love. In a series of varied images he describes his feelings. He is advised to follow the advice of the Elder, and to achieve ...

  4. Nizar Qabbani - Wikipedia

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    Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani ( Arabic: نزار توفيق قباني, ALA-LC: Nizār Tawfīq Qabbānī, French: Nizar Kabbani; 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. He is considered to be Syria's National Poet. [ 1]

  5. Sufi literature - Wikipedia

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    Sufi literature. Sufi literature consists of works in various languages that express and advocate the ideas of Sufism . Sufism had an important influence on medieval literature, especially poetry, that was written in Arabic, Persian, Turkic , Sindhi and Urdu. Sufi doctrines and organizations provided more freedom to literature than did the ...

  6. Mu'allaqat - Wikipedia

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    The poems. The seven Mu'allaqat, and also the poems appended to them, represent almost every type of ancient Arabian poetry. Tarafa's poem includes a long, anatomically exact description of his camel, common in pre-Islamic poetry. The Mu'allaqat of 'Amr and Harith contain fakhr (boasting) about the splendors of their tribe.

  7. Islamic poetry - Wikipedia

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    Islamic poetry is a form of spoken word written & recited by Muslims. Islamic poetry, and notably Sufi poetry, has been written in many languages including Urdu and Turkish . Genres of Islamic poetry include Ginans, devotional hymns recited by Ismailis; Ghazal, poetic expression of the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite ...

  8. Masnavi - Wikipedia

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    Masnavi, a calligraphic specimen from 1490, Mevlana Museum, Konya, Turkey. The Masnavi, or Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi ( Persian: مثنوی معنوی, DMG: Mas̲navī-e maʻnavī ), also written Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, also known as Rumi. It is a series of six books of poetry that ...

  9. Leila (name) - Wikipedia

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    Leila ( Arabic: ليلى, Persian: ليلى, Hebrew: לילה, Sanskrit: लीला) is a feminine given name primarily found in the Middle East, particularly in Semitic speaking countries and Iran. In the Latin alphabet, the name is commonly spelled in multiple ways, including Leila, Layla, Laylah, Laila, Leyla and Leylah .