Using Proverb in Toghrai Isfahani\'s Divan

• Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Ibnorrasool, Roghayyeh Ahmadi
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: University of Isfahan 2012-12-01
• Series: Research in Arabic Language
• Subjects: Using proverb; Toghrai; Arabic poetry; Arabic literature in Iran.
• Online Access: http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/rall/browse.php?a_code=A-10-87-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Using Proverb in Toghrai Isfahani's DivanMohammad Reza Ibnorrasool *Roghayyeh Ahmadi **AbstractUsing proverb is the time that the poet brings a famous saying or song in his poetryaccepted and popular among people. There is no doubt that every poet wants hispoetry to be everlasting. Therefore, he attempts to show his poetry wisely and himselfwise. The proverb gives the poetry universality and causes it to remain in minds andused in proper situations. From among the poets who lived in Abbasid era,Abootammam and Motanabbi are known in using proverbs.Toghrai is one of the greatest masters in Arabic literature and poetry and he madean interpretation of Mootanabbi's divan. His divan was pressed at first in Matbaato,gavaeb in Estanbol. Ode "Lamiyyatu,L_Ajam '' is one of his poetical masterpieces thatis universally celebrated and the literates explained it separately. In his divan, there areother songs with various purposes such as praise (madh) and description.In this article, the compilers extracted proverbs or those used as proverb by readinghis divan and attempted to find sources in Koran and Arabic prose and poetry as wellas Persian literature for some of them.Key words: Using proverb, Toghrai, Arabic poetry, Arabic literature in Iran.