Demon and Devils of Poets at Arab Literature

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
277-290

Abstract

A man was busy with artistical invention and literary creation for an ancient time. At the beginning, they attributed it to supernatural spirit power and god which inspires to all what does like from human beings, for example any natural phenomenon in the space who ignorant its resource, creation, Production they belonged it to god which found it and they worshiped this god for its supernatural power because they believed this. In addition to literary creation especially poetry which is still even now incitation of doubt and perplexity for who are studing it about its production and how a poem produce. All these either in the inspiration moment or it lasts a long time which an idea passes through it with many stages even produce a completed poem. Another one attributed the poetry to devils which inspire to poet and they chose them, Some one belonged it to a demon and they said that a poet has demon which visits him and dictates the poet. Another one made it inspiration for poet. Novel and news multipled about this especially at an ancient Arab and we will talk about this in the pages of our research.

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AlShaher, A., عمار, T. M. Al.Jalabi Al.Jalabi, A., & ان. (2025). Demon and Devils of Poets at Arab Literature. Adab Al-Rafidayn, 34(38), 277–290. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.2004.164921