The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry

Dr. Kemal Tuzcu

Journal of Research (Languages and Islamic Studies), Vol # 12, Issue # 1
The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry

The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry

Dr. Kemal Tuzcu/
December 31, 2007

Keywords

Rajaz Poetry Islamic Period Poem Folk Couplets Prosody

Abstract

“Rajaz” is the name used for the short poems with a few couplets recited improsively on battlefields, in poetic repartees and daily life in Pre-Islamic Period. Rajaz, which means tremor and spasm, was used like meter of prosody in Islamic periods. The origin of rajaz is “saj” (rhymes without meter) and it is considered as initial stage of Arabic Poetry. As time passed, saj developed and turned into rajaz in simple meters. Mostly, it was not regarded as a poem because of some religious risks and its relationship with saj. Since it was considered as a type of folk poem, the poets of Pre-Islamic and Islamic periods did not give importance to rajaz.

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Tuzcu, D. K. (2007). The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو, 12(1), 117–130. https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e808a5d515a5/page

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[1]Tuzcu, D.K. 2007. The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو. 12, 1 (Dec. 2007), 117–130.

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[1]D. K. Tuzcu, “The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry”, (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 117–130, Dec. 2007, Accessed: May 10, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e808a5d515a5/page

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Tuzcu, Dr. Kemal. “The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry”. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو, vols. 12, no. 1, Dec. 2007, pp. 117–130, https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e808a5d515a5/page.

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Tuzcu, Dr. Kemal. “The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry”. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو 12, no. 1 (December 31, 2007): 117–130. Accessed May 10, 2026. https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e808a5d515a5/page.

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1.Tuzcu DK. The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو [Internet]. 2007 Dec. 31 [cited 2026 May 10];12(1):117–130. Available from: https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e808a5d515a5/page

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1.Tuzcu DK. The Appearance of Rajaz ın Arabıc Poetry. (جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو. 2007;12(1):117–130. Accessed May 10, 2026. https://jorurdu.bzu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/5e808a5d515a5/page

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