Intermedial Citation in the Qasida of Sheikh Salahi Ushaki in Arabic Cover Image

Intermedijalna citatnost u kasidi Šejha Salahija Uššakija na arapskom jeziku
Intermedial Citation in the Qasida of Sheikh Salahi Ushaki in Arabic

Author(s): Berin Bajrić
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: Arabic poetry; Hadith; qasida; sacralization; Salahi;

Summary/Abstract: Bosniak poets who wrote in three Oriental languages often referred in their poems to both the Qur’an and the hadith of the Prophet, a. s. Although the Hadith in Bosniak poetry does not represent an absolute semantic model like the Qur’an, it is held in particular esteem. Probably the most frequent hadith that is intertextually connected with Sufi, and especially with poetry in praise of the Prophet, a. s., is the kudsi hadith Law laka (“If it not for you, Muhammad, I would not have created the world”). This hadith is explicitly incorporated into the verses. However, the importance of this hadith is much more reflected in its indirect incorporation in the content of this poetry. We could say that the content of Sufi poetry written in praise of the Prophet, a. s., is a very subtle and complex elaboration of the multiple meanings of this particular hadith. In this paper, we will try to present and analyze a specific poem by the Bosniak poet Salahi Uššaki, that was created from the letters of two Qudsi hadiths, one of which is precisely the Hadith Law Laka.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 164-177
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Bosnian