Lady Fatima Al-Zahra (peace be upon her) in Arabic poetry: A study of Nucleus Image

Abstract

     Lady Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her) is one of the most brilliant human figures in Arab-Islamic history due to her lofty status and the fact that she is a descendant of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and his progeny), and because this figure left an impact on the political life in later eras.

This research seeks to shed light on the nature of the poetic image with a cultural dimension that Arabic poetry drew for this lady in the early Islamic eras. The research adopted the term (nucleus image) the image that was formed during the first and second centuries AH, considering that this image with its realistic dimension embodying the truth of the character is like the axis of the millstone for all later eras that were drawn by eras colored by the stream of politics and tinged with the dye of beliefs.

     The current study concluded that the stage of forming this image dates back to a historical era in the line with the life of Lady Fatima al-Zahra (peace be upon her), and began to take an upward trend with the availability of political, intellectual and ideological climates that helped poets to draw a more expressive image, and encompass the personality of Lady Fatima al-Zahra.