Classical Islamic Oration's Art, Function, and Life-Altering Power of Persuasion: The Ultimate Response by Hammam to Ali's Sermon on Piety, and by Hurr to Husayn's Battle Oration in Karbala
This article discusses classical Islamic oration's power of persuasion through two lenses, one wide-angled, one focused. First, it introduces topographies of Arabic oration in its foundational oral period in early Islam, addressing notable aspects of its art, function, and provenance. Then, it...
| Subtitles: | "Special Section: Medieval Sermons and Conversion: A Comparative Perspective" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Medieval sermon studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 74-87 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa RE Homiletics TF Early Middle Ages |
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Hurr in Karbala
B Husayn ibn Ali B khuṭba B classical Arabic oration B taqwā (Islamic piety and virtue) B oration's power of persuasion B Hammam Sermon B Ali ibn Abi Talib |
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| Summary: | This article discusses classical Islamic oration's power of persuasion through two lenses, one wide-angled, one focused. First, it introduces topographies of Arabic oration in its foundational oral period in early Islam, addressing notable aspects of its art, function, and provenance. Then, it pivots to speak of major life changes induced by particular orations, or sermon-induced "conversion". Two early Islamic orations that induced such transformations are transcribed and briefly discussed: (1) the "sermon describing the truly pious" by the successor of the Prophet according to the Shia and the fourth caliph according to the Sunnis, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 661) in Kufa, Iraq, which is said to have caused his associate Hammam to give up his life spirit, and (2) the battlefield speech addressed to the surrounding Umayyad army by Ali's son, the Shia Imam Husayn (d. 680), in Karbala, also in Iraq, which is reported to have won over the enemy sub-commander Hurr to Husayn's side and prompted him to fight for Husayn unto death. Both are striking examples of the life-altering effects of intense and eloquent sermons, manifest here in the ultimate passage - an end to life in this world and entry into the hereafter. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-6276 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Medieval sermon studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13660691.2023.2269065 |