Explanation of the poetic verses and evidence in the book “Al-Nukat Al-Mafhimat fi Sharh Al-Maqamat”

(Explanation of Al-Hariri’s Maqamat (446-516 AH) by the distinguished writer, linguist, and poet Muhadhdhab Al-Din Abi Al-Hasan Ali bin Al-Hasan bin Antar bin Thabit Al-Hilli, known as Shamim Al-Hilli (d. 601 AH))

Abstract

Linguistically, Maqamah means a council and a group of people, just as it means a sermon, a sermon, or a narration delivered in a community of people. Linguistically, Maqamat means a council or the people in it, so a sermon, story, or lecture is given. Maqamat, as a term, is a literary art similar to the short story that appeared at the hands of Badi al-Zaman al-Hamdhani, who established its foundations and established its foundations. The scholar and historian Al-Qalqashandi said: “The first to open the door to the work of Maqamat was the scholar of time and the imam of magnificent literature, Al-Hamdhani.” Maqamat, i.e. a literary art similar to a short story. Muhammad Fathi Abu Bakr said: “As for the conventional meaning: Badi’ al-Zaman was the first to give the word “maqama” its conventional meaning among writers, as he expressed his well-known maqamat with it. So the maqamat became known as a rhyming literary text or a short story that has no complexities or plot, and is elegant in its wording and methods, and is adorned with exquisite refinements and includes a sermon, an exhortation, or something else. Maqama: A recited literary text or a short story with its own heroes, characters, and events, written in a manner studded with exquisite refinements, including a sermon and a sermon. It is an ancient Arab art dating back to the fourth century AH. Writers took it as a means to show their prowess and linguistic and rhetorical ability, and they made of it a platform and tongue to express their opinions and the issues of their society and a weapon for criticism, reform, guidance, education, and raising one’s resolve.