عبد الرحيم البرعي:حياته وشعره في المديح النبوي ﷺ

Abdul Rahim Al-Borai: His life and poetry in praise of the Prophet, peace be upon him

Abstract

Abdul-Raheem al- Burei (Died: 803 A.H) was a prominent Arabic poet from the Yemeni origin. His basic area of poetic exploration was the “Praise of the Holy Prophet”(Peace be upon Him) or “al- Madeeh al- Nabawi” (المديح النبوي ﷺ). Because there is this big hindrance prevailing in front the of research scholars of not being able to find proper information about the details of his life from the authentic sources, so in search of trustworthy data about al- Burei’s life and works, the author relies majorly on al- Burei’s own writings, particularly his Diwan (Anthology of the poems).The author of this article accumulates the reliable basic information about al- Burei’s life, then identifies his general poetic characteristics and personal specific stylistics which distinguish him from his peers. In this pursuit, the author attempts to trace rhetoric elements and arrangements articulated by al- Burei, as well as to present a brief study of the repeated topics and frequently appearing major themes of his complete poetic works.This research paper is focused to evaluate the actual contribution of al- Burei towards the vast repository of Arabic poetry. Also, the author is aiming to compile a condensed image of the content of al- Burei’s Diwan (Anthology of the poems).