Deviation from Tribal Traditions: The Other Face of Poetry in Pre-Islamic Arabia

Vedic ROOTS of pre-Islamic Arabia and the Kaaba

"Fortunate are those who were born (and lived) during king Vikram’s reign. He was a noble, generous dutiful ruler, devoted to the welfare of his subjects. But at that time we Arabs, oblivious of God, were lost in sensual pleasures. Plotting and torture were rampant. The darkness of ignorance had enveloped our country. Like the lamb struggling for her life in the cruel paws of a wolf we Arabs we...

the role of russia in transmission of energy from central asia and caucuses to european union

پس ازفروپاشی شوروی،رشد منابع نفت و گاز، آسیای میانه و قفقاز را در یک بازی ژئوپلتیکی انرژی قرار داده است. با در نظر گرفتن این منابع هیدروکربنی، این منطقه به یک میدانجنگ و رقابت تجاری برای بازی های ژئوپلتیکی قدرت های بزرگ جهانی تبدیل شده است. روسیه منطقه را به عنوان حیات خلوت خود تلقی نموده و علاقمند به حفظ حضورش می باشد تا همانند گذشته گاز طبیعی را به وسیله خط لوله مرکزی دریافت و به عنوان یک واس...

the representation of azelah (reproachful woman) in pre-islamic poetry

one of the commonest topics of pre-islamic poems is azelah (reproachful woman) and her reproaches about the poet and of his way of thinking and behavior. the fear of death and the desire to leave a good name and be a champion can cause the poet to go to extremes in donating the property and make him bold and fearless. on the other hand, the poet is worried about death and inexistence. therefore...

Tribal Culture and the Islamic Awakening

he claim of quran plagiarizing from pre-islamic poetry

amongst the poems of the period of jahiliyyah, there may exist some religious terms and concepts that are similar to the quranic terms and concepts. the precedence of these poems over the holy quran, has led some people contemplate that these jahili poetry could be considered as a resource of the quran. this result relies on the comprehensive similarity of the concept of the jahili poetry as we...