Borrowing from Quranic Verses in Ahmad Matar's Poetry

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 6, Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2011   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v3i4.9316

Author

Dr.Yahya Ma'roof^*

Abstract

Ahmad Matar is the prominent Iraqi poet and a committed character of this age who in the contemporary Arab world enjoys great fame. Since the Holy Qur'an and religious texts, are the inspiring references to all Arab poets, Ahmed Matar is no exception. The borrowing of Qura'nic verses and contents in his poetry is due to his understanding and his wisdom in a unique manner. This article intends to answer the following questions:
1-What is intertextuality and what does it mean in his poems in relation to the Qur'an?
2-The borrowing from the Qur'an in his poems: the apparent phenomenon or hidden?
3-The borrowing from the Qur'an in his poems: acceptable
or unacceptable?
4-Is there any mimic of harmonic form of some Qur'anic verses for ironic criticism?
5-Is there any allegorical borrowing in his poems?

Key words: Ahmad Matar, poem, borrowing ,Qur'anic, eqtebas.