The origin of the Arabs: a critical evaluation of the sources
The research will therefore concentrate on the origins of the Arabs and their language at that time. Jawad Ali, the author of the Abridged History of the Arabs before Islam (Mufassal ta’rikh al’arab qabl alislam) suggests that the Arabs can be divided into three major groups; namely the ‘lost Arab...
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iium-386742017-09-19T04:33:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38674/ The origin of the Arabs: a critical evaluation of the sources Yaacob, Solehah@Nik Najah Fadilah BL Religion D History (General) P Philology. Linguistics PA Classical philology PJ Semitic PJ6001 Arabic PJ7501 Arabic literature The research will therefore concentrate on the origins of the Arabs and their language at that time. Jawad Ali, the author of the Abridged History of the Arabs before Islam (Mufassal ta’rikh al’arab qabl alislam) suggests that the Arabs can be divided into three major groups; namely the ‘lost Arabs’ (al-‘arab al-bÉ‘idah), second the ’true Arabs’ (al-‘arab al-Ñaribah), and third the Arabized Arabs (al-‘arab al-mustaÑrabah). Evidence for this division is recorded in Ibn Ishaq’s and Ibn Hisham’s Biography of the Prophet (alsirah alnabawiyyah) and Tabari’s History of the Communities and Kingdoms (Ta’rikh alumam walmuluk). However, other scholars such as ‘Abd alSalam al-Jumahi (a critic of early poetry) disagreed with Ibn Ishaq that poems by ÑAd and Thamud proved the existence of the Arabs as a people before the time of Prophet Ibrahim (a.s). The biographer Ibn NadÊm considered the verses cited by Ibn Ishaq as fraudulent and not genuine. It is a well-established fact that the corpus of ancient Arabic poetry had suffered a lot at the hands of forgers, plagiarists, misguided philologists, and dishonest narrators. For instance, a number of poems were falsely ascribed to HassÉn bin Thabit, Prophet`s poet. Thus, this study aims at examining and assessing the validity of the Muslim sources on the issue pertaining to the origins of Arabs as a people. Keywords: Controversy, Sources, Plagiarism, Poems, Critics The Islamic Cultural Center and London Central Mosque, London, U.K 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38674/13/The_Origin_of_the_Arabs_salehah.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38674/15/38674_%20origin%20of%20the%20Arabs_scopus.pdf Yaacob, Solehah@Nik Najah Fadilah (2014) The origin of the Arabs: a critical evaluation of the sources. Islamic Quarterly, 58 (2). pp. 95-127. ISSN 0021 - 1842 |
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The research will therefore concentrate on the origins of the Arabs and their language at that time. Jawad Ali, the author of the Abridged History of the Arabs before Islam (Mufassal ta’rikh al’arab qabl alislam) suggests that the Arabs can be divided into three major groups; namely the ‘lost Arabs’ (al-‘arab al-bÉ‘idah), second the ’true Arabs’ (al-‘arab al-Ñaribah), and third the Arabized Arabs (al-‘arab al-mustaÑrabah). Evidence for this division is recorded in Ibn Ishaq’s and Ibn Hisham’s Biography of the Prophet (alsirah alnabawiyyah) and Tabari’s History of the Communities and Kingdoms (Ta’rikh alumam walmuluk). However, other scholars such as ‘Abd alSalam al-Jumahi (a critic of early poetry) disagreed with Ibn Ishaq that poems by ÑAd and Thamud proved the existence of the Arabs as a people before the time of Prophet Ibrahim (a.s). The biographer Ibn NadÊm considered the verses cited by Ibn Ishaq as fraudulent and not genuine. It is a well-established fact that the corpus of ancient Arabic poetry had suffered a lot at the hands of forgers, plagiarists, misguided philologists, and dishonest narrators. For instance, a number of poems were falsely ascribed to HassÉn bin Thabit, Prophet`s poet. Thus, this study aims at examining and assessing the validity of the Muslim sources on the issue pertaining to the origins of Arabs as a people.
Keywords: Controversy, Sources, Plagiarism, Poems, Critics |
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