Lineage and Beauty in Praise of Al-Mutanabbi

Abstract

    Lineage and beauty were mentioned repeatedly in Al-Mutanabbi's Diwan for the purpose of praise, and included in its folds the meanings of honor and glory, and came within a framework that includes a description of the praiseworthy, and the definition of his distinctive features, which are recognized for their highness and superiority in the system of Arab cultural systems.

      The vocabulary denoting the honorable lineage, such as affiliation with the origin of the Arabs from Qahtan or Adnan, is included with the honor of belonging to a supreme cultural reference in the societal fabric. Because this affiliation is due to the origin of the Arab, for it is a glory and highness that elevates destinies, just as Al-Mutanabbi included in this range belonging to the tribe, with all the virtues and exploits that the tribe stores, which are among the Arabs an elevation for those who belong to it. In addition, he mentioned sovereignty, which is a supreme reference for honor, and a distinctive function in the attributes of excellence in the Arab systemic culture par excellence, as well as the spatial, national and personal affiliation that was mentioned in multiple poems in praise of Al-Mutanabbi and his pride in himself.

     Al-Mutanabbi emphasized, in multiple texts of his poetry, for the purpose of praising the beauty of the praised, and in this aspect of his poetry, the denoting vocabulary was mentioned: beauty, goodness, whiteness, light, splendor, full moon, moon, and the sun. The system of cultural systems agreed upon by the Arabs, especially generosity and courage.