The Experience of Praising the Prophet in the Poetry of Yassin Bin Ubaid: An Aesthetic Reading of the Poem "Kawthar Al Rouh"

Abstract

This paper examines a form of Sufi writing in the poetry of Yassin Ben Abid: panegyrics to the Prophet Muhammad. This style of writing is rarely found among his contemporary Algerian poets who adopted a Sufi approach in their poetry, especially considering that he dedicated a lengthy poem to this subject, reminiscent of the long poems of al-Busri and others. Perhaps the most important question that can be raised in this discussion is the distinctiveness of this experience in Yassin Ben Abid's poetry compared to this well-known genre of writing in the history of Arabic literature. If there is a distinctiveness, where does it manifest itself? Yassin Ben Abid's poem
"Kawthar al-Ruh" (The Fountain of the Soul), exceeding one hundred verses, is one of his few lengthy poems in praise of the Prophet. It was published separately in a collection of his own. Therefore, this research attempts to examine its aesthetic characteristics in terms of language and style, as well as its innovative themes that distinguish his poetic style.