The poetic purposes of Muntajib al-Din al-Ani (d. 400 AH)

Abstract

The research touched on the poetic purposes of the poet Al-Muntajab Al-Ani, and his poetry topics varied as a result of the nature of the poet and the poetic experience that he went through. Al-Muntajab addressed most of the main, famous, inherited purposes of Arabic poetry, which did not differ in their broad outlines from the topics of many poets of the fourth century AH, such as praise and satire. Ghazal, pride, wine, and description, in addition to other purposes that expressed his religious and intellectual thoughts and beliefs, such as Sufism and mysticism. The many topics in which Al-Muntajab composed give an impression of his poetic prowess, his literary ability, and his feeling and influence by the events of the era in which he lived. He sought honesty in this poetry, and we have isolated it. A detailed study of each of these purposes.