The style in Omar bin Kulthum Al-Taghlabi’s will to his sons

Abstract

There is no particular school of thought or stylistic trend that dominates the texts of our ancient Arabic prose in general. Writers would sometimes diversify their levels of performance within a single text, according to the circumstances. It is known that the artistic value of prose texts varies. As the concept of artistry is relative, each text takes a measure of it, so the rulings tend to prevail and generalize, according to the prevailing trend, or the general trend. Methods vary depending on the species. Each literary genre has its own artistic and stylistic drawings and traditions, which must be adhered to, according to what the ancients expressed as “what the situation requires.” In addition, the artistic value of a style, or a particular rhetorical feature, is not absolute, but rather appears within the context in which it is mentioned, through the synergy and cohesion of the elements of the text, in form and content, in word and meaning, and the nature of the wills varies according to the status of the testator and the will that we consider to be a social will.

          These are like the commandments related to marriage, money, friendship, caring for and honoring horses, and good morals such as refining the tongue, educating the soul, and urging honesty, generosity, and generosity.

 The will revealed that the ignorant people were trying to embellish their style in the commandments so that it would have a beautiful effect, and this would be a factor that helped one listen to the will and then be affected by it. We see that the will adhered to assonance, and was concerned with duplication, antithesis, and alliteration. As for assonance, it is clear in the will.

In addition to that, the nature of the environment and society and its reflection on the writer, especially since the will in question is one of the distinguished pre-Islamic poets (Omar bin Kulthum Al-Taghlibi). The research deals with the poet’s style, not as a poet, but rather as a prose writer directed to his children through a will containing advice, direction and guidance.

The research was divided into dealing with the will by introducing something about the poet, and we did not overlook our realization that he was one of the pre-Islamic scholars and poets, then defining the will in general as a prose art, and clarifying the importance of the stylistic approach and introducing it. The research was divided into three levels according to the influence within the will, so the first level was phonetic, then the semantic level, then the syntactic level. With a conclusion of the research and a list of sources and References.