Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā

Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā

▪ Arab poet
born c. 520
died c. 609, Najd region, Arabia

      one of the greatest of the Arab poets of pre-Islamic times, best known for his long ode in the Muʿallaqāt (Muʿallaqāt, Al-) collection.

      Zuhayr was from the Muzaynah tribe but lived among the Ghaṭafān. Zuhayr's father was a poet, his first wife the sister of a poet, and two of his sons were poets. The elder son, Kaʿb, is famous for the poem he recited for the Prophet Muhammad, thereby signalling his acceptance of Islam. Zuhayr's poem in Al-Muʿallaqāt (Muʿallaqāt, Al-) praises the men who brought peace between the clans of ʿAbs and Dhubyān. In the poem, war is compared to a millstone that grinds those who set it moving, and the poet speaks as one who from a long life has learned humankind's need for morality. Zuhayr's extant poetry, available in several Arabic editions, includes other poems of praise and satires.

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