Fuat Sezgin’e Göre Eski Arap Şiirinin Intikali ve Orijinalliği

Abstract

In the history of Arabic literature, poets are divided into four groups: “Cahiliyyun”, “Muhadramun”, “Mutaqaddimun/ Islamiyyun”, “Muwalladun/Muhdasun”. Poems of the first two groups are considered as evidence in all “language sciences”, unanimously, and “religious sciences”, which are based on linguistics in many aspects. Due to the abovementioned position, since the second half of the nineteenth century, a number of suspicions have been sought by some orientalists and their followers in the Islamic world. They made various claims about the authenticity of the old Arabic poetry, as well as the reliability of the Qur’an and the hadiths. Shortly after, it was revealed by the experts in the Islamic world and some orientalists that the allegations were unfounded. And a relevant literature has been produced. Fuat Sezgin discussed the subject in Chapter 1 of Volume 2 of his book Tārīh al-Turāth al-Arabī (German original: Geschichte des Arabischen Schrifttums [GAS]). In the second Chapter, he introduced 282 poets who lived in the period up to 50/670, and divided them into various groups and determined the literature about his poems. In this study, first of all, with the view of Fuat Sezgin, the claims will be identified, and their answers will be given. Then, a small chronological list of relevant literature will be presented.