Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research (Apr 2024)

أثر الشعر العربي في شعر خواجة غلام فريد

  • Muhammad Iqbal,
  • Muhammad Abubakar Bhutta

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2

Abstract

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There is no doubt that Arabic language is an ancient language of the world, that’s why this language has word diversity. Due to its ancient word history, Arabic language influenced different languages of the world, are the notable ones Persian, Urdu, Sindhi and Seraiki. In the given article the influence of Arabic poetry is shown on Seraiki language. The reasons are discussed in the beginning of this article. That’s why Khawja Fareed’s Seraiki poetry has some influence from Arabic classical poetry. The two nations share some common features such as the geographical similarity, national and social ways. In Seraiki regions with the spread of Islam and Arabic language, the influence of Arabic language and poetry is still visible in poetry of Great Seraiki Poet Khawja Ghulam Fareed (R.A). The author has concluded that Arabic has influenced Seraiki poetry a lot.

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