Mahd al-Aadiyya
Mahd al-Aadiyya was supposedly an Arab poet from around 4000 BCE. She is unlikely to have existed: Rather she is a chronicle character who is portrayed uttering the earliest example of a muzdawaj (heroic couplet) form warning the people of ʿĀd of their impending destruction by Allah, in accordance with the prophecies of the prophet Hud.
Mahd al-Aadiyya
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- Mahd al-Aadiyya
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- c. 4000 BCE
- Occupation
- Poet
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Mahd al-Aadiyya was supposedly an Arab poet from around 4000 BCE. She is unlikely to have existed: Rather she is a chronicle character who is portrayed uttering the earliest example of a muzdawaj (heroic couplet) form warning the people of ʿĀd of their impending destruction by Allah, in accordance with the prophecies of the prophet Hud.
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• Name — Mahd al-Aadiyya • Born — c. 4000 BCE • Occupation — Poet • Language — Arabic
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Classical Poems by Arab Women; translated by Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999.
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