The State of Qatar was able to add more than 5,000 poems to Prophet’s Praise Blog of eloquent and Nabati poetry through Katara Prize for the Prophets (peace be upon him) Poet.
Apart from the recipients of the Katara Prize for the Prophet’s Poet, the award was presented to the Prophet’s Praise Blog since it has been launched in its first session in 2016 until the announcement of the 6th session recently, 5,181 poems in eloquent poetry and Nabati poetry, and 755 poems, including 630 in eloquent poetry, and 125 in Nabati poetry.
While in the third session, it collected 942 poems from all over the Arab world, including 853 in eloquent and 89 in Nabati poetry.
The fourth session witnessed an increase in the number of participants reaching about 1,158, including 1,082 poems in eloquent poetry, and 76 poems in Nabati poetry, to rise to the award in its fifth session and harvest 1,498 poems from Arab poets, including 1,358 in eloquent poetry and 140 poems from Nabati poetry.
Katara Prize for the Prophet’s poet, has worked to revive and renew the poetry of the Prophets praise, that poetry that focuses on praising the Prophet, by enumerating his moral and ethical qualities, mentioning his material and moral miracles, organising his biography in poetry, praising his ideal qualities and praying for him in appreciation and glorification.
“This is the largest award in the Arab world in this field. More than 5,000 poems were presented to the Arab Library, and the selection of the best 30 poems in each session to be printed in a special diwan, which shows that Katara is the most important party that has collected and innovated with poets in creating poetic voices. They create poetry in praise of the Prophet, peace be upon him, whether eloquent or Nabati, which represents an important addition to the Diwan of Prophetic Praise.” General Manager of Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), Dr. Khalid Ibrahim Al Sulaiti said in an exclusive statement to QNA.
Dr. Khalid Ibrahim Al Sulaiti noted that the poems that did not qualify for the award will be an important addition and the participating poet will have an opportunity to develop tools to participate again.
Moroccan critic, Dr. Jamil Hamdaoui said the Katara Prize for the Prophet’s Poet, has contributed to reviving the poetry of praise of the Prophet, as many poets in the Arab countries are competed in it, stressing that Katara Cultural Village, through this award, was able to represent an impenetrable wall against the smear campaigns launched by him.
Critic and Professor of Rhetoric and Criticism at Cairo University, Dr. Ahmed Darwish, said that the award worked on reviving the poetry of praise of the Prophet, especially in eloquent poetry, where nearly a thousand poets participate annually in the award.
This award creates a great movement and a historical impact on the level of Arabic poetry in general and the poetry of the Prophet’s praise in particular, and makes a historical impact in poetry, he said.
