List of Arabic language poets

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List of Arabic language poets most of whom were Arabs and who wrote in the Arabic language.

Alphabetical list

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• 'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, (d. 808)
• Salah 'Abd al-Sabur, (d. 1981)
• Salih ibn 'Abd al-Quddus (d. 784)
• 'Abid ibn al-Abris, (d. 554)
• Abu al-Alahijah, (d. 828)
• Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
• 'Umar Abu Rishah, (b. 1910)
• Abu Tammam, (c. 805–845)
• Adunis, (b. 1928)
• al-Akhtal, (c. 640–710)
• 'Ali Mahmud Taha, (d. 1949)
• 'Alqama ibn 'Abada, (6th Century)
• Amr ibn Kulthum, (6th Century)
• 'Antara Ibn Shaddad, (d. c. 580)
• Sa'id 'Aql, (b. 1912)
• Muhyi al-din ibn al'Arabi, (d. 1240)
• Al-'Arji, (d. 738)
• Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha, (570–625)

B

• Mahmud Sami al-Barudi, (d. 1904)
• Bashshar ibn Burd, (d 783)
• Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati, (1926–1999)
• al-Buhturi, (820–897)
• 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri, (d. 1296)

D

• ibn Darraj (d. 1030)
• Mahmoud Darwish, (b 1941)
• Dhu al-Rummah, (d 735)
• Durayd ibn al-Simmah, (d. 630)

F

• al-Farazdaq, (d. c. 729)
• Ibn al-Farid, (1181–1235)

H

• Hafsah bint al-Hajj al-Rakuniyyah, (d. 1190)
• Mansur al-Hallaj, (d. 922)
• Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani, (967–1007)
• Muhammad ibn Hani', (d. 975)
• Hassan ibn Thabit, (d. c. 674)
• Safi al-din al-Hilli, (d. c. 1339)
• Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri
• Ahmad 'Abd al-mu'ti Hijazi, (b. 1939)

I

• Hafiz Ibrahim, (1872–1932)
• 'Imran ibn Hittan, (d. 703)
• Imru' al-Qais, (6th Century)

J

• Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
• Jamal Jumá, (b. 1956)
• Jamil Buthaynah, (d. 701)
• Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi, (d. c. 728)
• Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
• Khalil Jubran, (d. 1931)

K

• Ka'b bin Zuhayr
• Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
• Khalil ibn Ahmad, (718–791)
• al-Khansa, (600–670)
• Bisharah al-Khuri, (d. 1968)
• Kumait Ibn Zaid, (679–743)
• al-Kumayt, (d. 743)
• Kuthayyir 'Azzah, (d. 724)

L

• Labid, (560–661)
• Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)

M

• Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri, (973–1057)
• Nazik al-Mala'ikah, (b. 1923)
• Ibn Malik al-Hamawi, (d. 1511)
• Ibn al-Mujawir, (d. 1204)
• Ahmad ibn-al-Husayn al-Mutanabbi, (915–965)
• Khalil Mutran, (d. 1949)

N

• al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani, (5th Century)
• 'Abd al-ghani al-Nabulusi, (d. 1731)
• Muzaffar al-Nawwab, (b. 1934)
• Ibn Nubatah al-Misri, (d. 1366)
• Abu Nuwas, (750–813)

Q

• Nizar Qabbani, (1923–1998)
• Samih al-Qasim, (20th century)
• Qays ibn al-Mulawwah, (d. 688)
• Ibn Quzman, (d. 1160)

R

• Ibn Qays al-Ruqayyat, (d. 704)
• Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)
• Ma'ruf al-Rusafi, (d. 1945)

S

• Su'ad al-Sabah, (b. 1942)
• Al-Sanawbari, (d. 945)
• Al-Saraqusti al-Jazzar, (11th century)
• Tawfiq Sayigh, (d. 1971)
• Al-Shabb al-Zarif al-Tilimsani, (d. 1289)
• Abu al-qasim al-Shabbi, (d. 1934)
• Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
• Shams al-din al-Kufi
• al-Sharif al-Radi, (b. 1016)
• Ahmed Shawqi, (1868–1932)

T

• Abu Tammam, (c. 805–845)
• Tarafah ibn al 'Abd, (6th Century)
• Ahmad al-Tifashi, (d. 1253)
• al-Tirimmah, (d. c. 723)
• Fadwa Touqan, (b. 1917)
• Ibrahim Touqan, 20th Century

U

• Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah, (d. 712)

W

• Waddah al-Yaman, (d. 708)
• al-Walid Yazid, (d. 744)

Z

• Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
• 'Abdallah ibn Zaydun, (d. 1070)
• Zuhayr ibn Abî Sûlmâ, 520–609