Arab poet destroys entire tribe for offending him - with a single line..

The story of a single line of poetry that was so damaging that it destroyed the reputation of an entire tribe for generations to come. Find out what he said.
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[ayeshak]

So this is where the tradition of rappers dissing each other originated. Lol.

[redsol]

The Arabic reverence of poetry intrigues me. Also, you are a natural storyteller.

[chaouchahmed]

Not even Arabic or Muslim but educational content, thank you, putting a comment for the algorithm of YouTube.

[ChristineLi]

I could listen to your stories forever. Charming, suble, human and wise. Thank you. Instant subscribe.

[kudusamuni]

Ma Shaa Allah! Your dexterity in both languages is appreciated.

[N_GA]

Bro dissed them so hard people still talk about it.

[aqilnorm]

Such a great video. Please bring more stories from Arabic civilization.
Interestingly Arabics and Pashtuns have many linguistic and civilizational similarities which I intend to bring forward in the future.

[mfarjr]

MasyaAllah. Beautiful story you have there brother. This makes me understand why Quran is the greatest mukjizat for our Prophet SAW. Thank you so much.

[DonJuanMarco]

Poetry is such a joy.
Crafting art through words.

[abdullahbb]

Salam Alikum, brother

Masha’allah, I’m and Arab from saudi, and I was delighted to know your channel, wow you are so capable to transfer the mean into English even it is a very hard to do. You are the best to explain Arabic language in English ..

May Allah rewards you. And Ramadan Kareem

[akmalkhuzairy]

I guess you should have also explained that those words (ka'ab and kilāb) being used to humiliate the numayr tribe are homonyms. Ka'ab means the heel or the proper noun of a tribe, as kilāb would also mean the owners of dogs which also connotes with status and also a type of despicable contagious desease.(3 meanings). Numayr is a proper noun of a tribe but also means a small tiger. In Arabic the word structure as such would mean to belittle the status of the reference. So, its a clever play of words. Hence, the paraphrasing of the meaning of the line could be: Get lost, you are from a tribe that is named after a small tiger, low in status which neither reach the height of a heel, nor does it reach the positions of the owners of dogs and not even enough to be of the status of a despicable contagious disease. Kinda like a punch under the navel really for the numayr tribe.😂

[hasseaouled]

I heard this poet’s story many years ago and I thought about him yesterday. And suddenly YouTube recommends me this video.

[ahdid]

Barak Allah..

Amazing content.

I'm an Arab who is in love of Arabic literature.

Happy to find your content and appreciate your effort..

[Warriorgirl]

Ur hold on both the languages is terrific.. ❤

[jschlopes]

Just found this channel before going to bed and have thoroughly enjoyed this video. I will look into more videos in the future jazakallah khair brother

[SigmaSankalp]

So this is what ancient diss track looks like

[AMDamxn]

Freedom of speech at its finest. To insult a tribe in amidst of their tribesmen without fearing any repercussions. This is the beauty and safety that Islam provides.

[adamfirst]

I knew that Arabic and Poetry went hand in hand… However i didnt know the extent of it.

Your analogy to today’s Social Media.. is perfect.. because even if times and technology change.. People are ALWAYS the same..
So, it seems, the Poets of Arabia and their Poetry, were something like today’s Clout Chasers, Influencers, Karens/Darens, Food/Restaurant Critics, Yelp!, Tweeter, YT, TikTok, the Internet and Hollywood, all rolled into one…

And the Quran came and Destroyed ALL that!!!
No wonder they thought it was performing “magic” on them.

Imagine if a Pure, True form of Media came along and was able to destroy the ENTIRELY CORRUPT MEDIA structure of the Evil Doers of this World!!
What would WE say??

Great video.. an Eye-Opener. Thank You very much, brother.
Peace.

[NazTheGreat]

I don't know why i didn't come across this channel before

Great video!

[SAMc]

فَغُضَّ الطَرفَ إِنَّكَ مِن نُمَيرٍفَلا كَعباً بَلَغتَ وَلا كِلابا