The Literary historical past of the Arabs samples the various most interesting literature produced through Arab writers within the final 1,500 years. the choice of poetry and prose spans many genres and kinds, conveying the complete diversity of Arab studies and views from the tragic to the comedian, the wistful to the magical, the courtly to the lowly, and the Arab East to Andalusia. The reader of this anthology becomes conscious of the level to which this vivid and certain literary historical past has continually been either receptive to the currents from neighbouring cultures and influential within the evolution of alternative literary traditions, in South Asia, Western Europe and past. therefore, the reader will notice, at the back of neighborhood colors and diverse literary conventions, our universal humanity.
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With the important discovery of a cheap way to manufacture paper, prose writing also became solidly established as a literary medium. Meanwhile the development of all aspects of Islam – encouraged if not actively pursued by the ‘Abbasid rulers – saw the creation of the two Sahihs (collections of Islamic tradition) known as Hadith (the authenticated accounts of the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad), which are second only to the Qur’an in historical importance for Muslims. These were later supplemented by another four Sahihs, to make six in all.
In Arabia itself the growth of urban communities and the accompanying influx of foreigners brought with it an almost equal threat to the language; but the classicists and philologists waged a determined campaign to counter this trend. Their success was due above all to the publication of the Qur’an as the unimpeachable source of divine teachings, written – as it was revealed – in Arabic. When the Caliphate passed to the Umayyad of Damascus, the shift of geographical focus brought with it a host of new attitudes and practices – not least in the field of literature.
During the decade that followed, which is the first decade of the Islamic calendar, the whole of Arabia was converted to Islam under the inspired and undisputed leadership of the Prophet Muhammad, the “Messenger of God”. 40 The Prophet died in 632 AD at the age of sixty-two and was succeeded by a series of his companions who took the title of Caliph (Khalifah), which means successor. The first of these was Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq (632–634 AD), the Prophet’s father-in-law, followed by `Umar ibn al-Khattāb (634–644 AD), ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān (644–656 AD) and ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (656–661 AD) in turn.