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'Alqama ibn 'Ubada, (Arabic: علقمة بن عبدة), generally known as 'Alqama al-Fahl (علقمة الفحل), was an Arabian poet of the tribe Tamim, who flourished in the second half of the 6th century. [1]
The poems of 'Alqama ibn 'Abada and Al-Nabigha are from the same period. In Al-Nabigha's poem sometimes reckoned as a Muʻallaqah, he addresses himself to the king of al-Hirah, al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir, who reigned in the two last decades of the sixth century. The same king is mentioned as a contemporary in one of poems of ʻAlqama.
Although diwans (poetry collections) by early poets survive; e.g., Bishr ibn Abi Khazim, al-Hadira, Amir ibn al-Tufail, 'Alqama ibn 'Abada, al-Muthaqqib, Ta'abbata Sharran and Abu Dhu'ayb), it is unclear how many were compiled before al-Mufaddal's anthology of forty-eight pre-Islamic and twenty Islamic-era poets. [2]
Alqama, Alkama, ʿAlqama or ʿAlḳama may refer to: 'Alqama ibn 'Abada (fl. early 6th century), Arab poet; Alqama ibn Qays (d. 681/2), Muslim scholar;
Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i (Arabic: علقمة بن قيس النخعي) (d. AH 62 (681/682) [ 1 ] was a well-known scholar from among the taba'een and pupil of Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud , who called him the most erudite of his disciples.
Tarafa (Arabic: طرفة بن العبد بن سفيان بن سعد أبو عمرو البكري الوائلي / ALA-LC: Ṭarafah ibn al-‘Abd ibn Sufyān ibn Sa‘d Abū ‘Amr al-Bakrī al-Wā’ilī; 543–569), was an Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr.
The debate was organized by the Abbasid vizier Yahya ibn Khalid, [10] and became known as al-Mas'ala al-Zunburīyah (The Question of the Hornet). At issue was the Arabic phrase: كنتُ أظن أن العقربَ أشد لسعة من الزنبور فإذا هو هي\هو إياها I always thought that the scorpion is more painful than the ...
His family was known for scholarly activity; his father was a hadith transmitter, his maternal uncle was Alqama ibn Qays and Aswad ibn Yazid was his maternal cousin. [1] Al-Nakha'i was affiliated with the students of Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, a companion of Muhammad, which included his uncle Alqama who became his principal mentor of fiqh. [2]