Dr Izzudeen Adetunji

Of such notice that researchers documented in their compendium about the spawn of Arabs and their language dwindled in mono-cultural boundary for many memorable years. It is of the fact that the relevance of Arabic language is not only restricted to the people spoken it as their mother language. Thus, It is globally applauded due to its effective recognitions and relevancies in to other cultures and all human strata. History shows that the place of Arabic language in multicultural society are very applausive, especially after the emergence of Islam, when Islam spread beyond its domain to other continents like Asia, Europe, Africa, America and etc. Eagering to learn Arabic by people become noticeable for many reasonable factors: religion, trade, diplomacy and etc. Historically, the position of Arabic language in multicultural societies especially Nigeria,( a largest African population), that has a predominant ethnic groups, cultures and more than 400 ethnic dialects, with over 185,00...

Poetry where like in other culture is deep-rooted in the life of the Arabs. It has once given of tribal community of blood ties which was regarded sacred and the basis of a National Community. The rapid rate of the political parties in the Umayyad age had a great impact on the poetry of the then poets, which made the parties have their poets defending their parties and also expressing their feelings about the societal ills. Thus, this paper is aimed at bringing to the limelight the impact of political poetry on the national security of the people. Also, the paper shall properly dealt with historical account of political icons in Umayyad age and their poetry will be appraised for the purpose of highlighting their literary worth.

Art is influenced by and life itself is reflected in works of art. These sometimes reflect the experiences in social, education, spiritual and other aspect of life. The emergence of Maqamah art in the history of Arabic literature in the 4 th century after Hijrah pioneered by Badi’i-z-zaman alHamadhani (d.398 A.H.) has marked the great gestures and epoch by the scholars of note in their various literary art. Maqamah as an art denotes different meanings and values with fully rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conscious. And the immerse of the scholars on this genre has contributed immensely in promoting their literary skills, tastes and gestures. An attempt is being made in this paper to showcase the historical aspect of Maqamah genre as a new epoch in Arabic literature. Likewise, the position of Arabic literature in Abbasid age, and emergence of Maqamah writers will be highlighted for historical purpose. Arabic literature in Abbasid Age In the h...

يتناول هذا البحث موضوعا جديدا طريفا لم يحظ بدراسة من قبل وفي الوقت الذي كتبت فيه دراسات عديدة عن المقامات العربية كمقامات بديع الزمان الهمذاني، ومقامات الحريري وغيرهما، فإن المقامات النيجيرية ما زالت في حاجة إلى دراسة ككونها بكرية  في إنتاجيات العلماء النيجيريين. بناء على هذا، هدف هذا البحث المتواضع إلى "دراسة تحليلية نقدية لمقامة المشجرية في مقامات الإلوري للشيخ محمد الأول عبد السلام صاحب القرآن الإلوري". وقبل الخوض في صميم الموضوع،يرتكز هذا البحث أولا على مفهوم المقامة ومدلولاتها،وكذلك يناقش عن ترجمة وجيزة لصاحب القرآن الإلوري.
Al- Maqamatu  Al-Mushajarriyyah in Al-Ilory’s  Maqamat:
An Analytical  and Critical Study .
Abstract :
  This research  deals with a new topic which  had not been  favorably studied before, and by the time  several studies were being written about  Arabs Maqamats like those of al-Hamadhani's Maqamah, al-Hariri's Maqamah and etc. On this, Nigerian maqamats  are still in need of  study being a virgin work  in  Nigerian literary output. Therefore, this work is aiming to study the literary and critical study of Maqamah al-Mushajariyyah in Al-IIory’s Maqamah of Sheikh Muhammad –l- Awwal Abdul Salam known as Sahibul-Qur’an. Before going into in-depth of the main topic, this research would firstly  focuses  on the meaning of Maqamah and its significances , likewise it would discuss briefly about the historical background of Sahibul-Qur’an

Of  Such notice that researchers documented  in their compendium about the spawn of Arabs and their language dwindled in mono-cultural boundary for many memorable years. It is of the fact  that the relevance of Arabic language is not only restricted to the people spoken it as their mother language. Thus, It is globally applauded due to its effective recognitions and relevancies in to other cultures and  all human strata. History shows that the place of  Arabic language in multicultural society are very applausive, especially after the emergence of Islam, when Islam spread beyond its domain  to other  continents like Asia, Europe, Africa, America and etc. Eagering  to learn Arabic by people become  noticeable  for many reasonable factors: religion, trade, diplomacy and etc.
        Historically, the position of Arabic language in multicultural societies especially Nigeria,( a largest  African population) , that has a predominant ethnic groups, cultures and more than 400 ethnic dialects, with over 185,0000000  population is given a warmly recognization and applausive.  The reason is that, its entry into the country dated back to the seventh century of the Hijrah era and tenth century of Christian era . Centuries before the advent of Europeans in Nigeria, Arabic had been used for religious, social and cultural purposes.
        Therefore, this paper is aiming to give an expository analysis of the relevance of Arabic language in Multicultural societies taken Nigeria as a case study. Research shows that Arabic language has been having a positive impact on Nigeria  ’s heritage , which by virtue of Islam, had established itself in Nigeria as the language of administration, literacy, education, history ,legislation and etc before the arrival of colonial masters, to Nigerian development.
Key- Words: Arabic , Multi-cultural, Nigeria , Heritage .