''Qasīdat al-Hamziyya'' (), or ''al-Hamziyya'' for short, is a thirteenth-century ode of praise for the
Islamic prophet
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Muhammad
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composed by the eminent
Sufi
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Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
mystic Imam al-Busiri of
Egypt
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.
This poem was written according to the
metre
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of in
Arabic poetry
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, and it is composed of 457
verses.
See also
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Al-Busiri
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Al-Burda
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Madeeh
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Durood
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Islamic poetry
Islamic poetry is a form of spoken word written & recited by Muslims. Islamic poetry, and notably Sufi poetry, has been written in many languages including Urdu poetry, Urdu and Turkish poetry, Turkish.
Genres of Islamic poetry include Ginans, de ...
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Works by Al-Busiri
Islamic poetry
Sufi literature
Panegyrics
Medieval Arabic poems
Sunni literature
Muhammad
13th-century Arabic-language books
Poems in Arabic
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