MU'ALLAQAT

The Mu'allaqat ("Hanged" or "Suspended") were poetry composed by several pre-Islamic Arab poets including Imru-ul-Quais, Antar, and Zuhair. They were called the "Suspended" because they were said to have hung on the walls of the Kabah.

Some of them are available online: The Hanged Poems


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