شاعر الأمة "محمد عاكف أرصوي" و مفهوم الأدب الإسلامي

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This paper aims at highlighting the life of the poet of the Ummah Mu˙ammad ʿĀkif Arṣawi, his relations with friends and people and his works in general that had the influence on the realm of thought and literature.

It will also shed lights on his career as a writer, poet, veterinar, memorizer, preacher, translator, teacher and other that.

We observed that his frequent references were always the Quran and the Prophetic tradition.

He was steadfast all along his life in putting on his best efforts to correctly understand Islam and convey it to the people.

The paper follows the descriptive and analytical methods to arrive at the intended conclusions, of which are: he suffered difficult and shameful during the period when the Ottoman empire was on its last leg and the verge of establishing new nation.

He was a fighter that sacrificed for the nation.

His thoughts are found in his works in literature, exegesis, advices, aticles, treaties and all these are the keys to his world of thoughts.

It can be said that the source of his main ideas is the Quran and the Prophetic tradition.

His poetic works are the expressions of his belief that literature should contain the benefits for ethics and society