The Image of Imam Ali (PBUH) in Mustafa Jamal Al-Din's Poem "On the Banks of Ghadir"

Abstract

Since ancient times, writers and poets have focused on depicting the images of heroes, placing them in magnificent artistic forms of poetry and prose, immortalizing their values of heroism, noble and great actions, and preserving those military and moral lessons for future generations. Muslims are among the nations that immortalized the images of their heroes through poetry and prose.

Imam Ali (PBUH) is one of the strongest and bravest heroes in Islamic history, and one of the few whose image was immortalized by history during the dawn of Islam, where the first Islamic battles and historical events took place.

Poet Mustafa Jamal al-Din has painted a great image of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH) in his poem "On the Banks of Ghadir," using eighty verses, depicting him as a reference, as the ultimate model of military and heroic valor—an undefeated knight in any battle, and as a role model left behind by the Messenger of God (PBUH).

This research aims to study the image of Imam Ali (PBUH) in the poem "On the Banks of Ghadir" by poet Mustafa Jamal al-Din, using a descriptive-analytical approach to reach the desired conclusions from this study.

At the end of the research, I have provided a set of conclusions.