Nature and poetic space in the poetry of Ibn al-Dhahir al-Arbali (d. 677 AH)

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
36-51

Abstract

Nature, its texts, and its contents are considered an effective and influential factor in the human soul, as they are the universe that contains it, the land that contains it, and the place in which it lives. Nature represented most of his texts in the poetry collection of the poet Ibn al-Dhahir al-Arbali and was his basic objective starting point. Natures texts had variable connotations for him according to the change in context and his aesthetic visions. . The study was a critical attempt to reveal the features and phenomena of nature with all its assets. Nature, with all its descriptions, was a poetic material that possessed the conscience of poets in general, and Ibn al-Dhahir in particular, in which his poetry and imagination were centered. The relationship between nature and the poet was based on mental and aesthetic interaction, similarity, physical description, and sensory scenes, so nature took over. The poets being took care of them and made them symbols of his joys and sorrows. The abundance and diversity of natural assets and the environment in which the poet lived gave him horizons and added dimensions in forming his imagination and constructing his ideas. His land became an appropriate place for him to express his various themes, just as the scenes of nature were a source and stage for the poets imagination, providing him with appropriate poetic energies. Ibn al-Dhahir is a poet who celebrates nature. He gives it a prominent place in his poems and texts. The elements of nature are almost present in every line of his poetry. Nature was a reflection of the poets self, and a vessel containing all his aspirations. He is the artist holding the brush of formations. To give poetic topics raw material, nature was the focus that gave poetry to Ibn al-Dhahir al-Arbalis texts to fill those texts with vitality and effectiveness.

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Nahed Yahya, H., حنين, Yasin Mohamed, F., & فارس. (2025). Nature and poetic space in the poetry of Ibn al-Dhahir al-Arbali (d. 677 AH). Adab Al-Rafidayn, 54(99), 36–51. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.2024.148105.2110