Mahd al-Aadiyya ( ar, مَهد العادية) was supposedly an Arab poet from around 4000 BCE.Abdullah al-Udhari (ed. and trans.), ''Classical Poems by Arab Women: A Bilingual Anthology'', (London: Saqi Books, 1999), pp. 26-27. She is unlikely to have existed: Rather she is a chronicle character who is portrayed uttering the earliest example of a '' muzdawaj'' (

heroic couplet A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter. Use of the heroic couplet was pioneered by Geoffrey Chaucer in the ''Legend of ...

) form warning the people of

ʿĀd ʿĀd ( ar, عَادٌ, ') is an ancient tribe mentioned frequently in the Qurʾān. The tribe's members, referred to as ʿĀdites, formed a prosperous nation until they were destroyed in a violent storm. According to Islamic tradition, the st ...

of their impending destruction by Allah, in accordance with the prophecies of the prophet Hud.

Anthologies

''Classical Poems by Arab Women''; translated by Abdullah al-Udhari, Saqi Books, 1999.

References

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