Jamal Elias “Aisha’s Cushion”
“Poetry is metrical, imaginatively-creative discourse, characterized in the Arabic language also by the inclusion of rhyme. The imaginatively creative premises it combines, whether objectively truthful or false, have as their only conditions, insofar as they are poetry, imaginative creativity.” (155)
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Title
Jamal Elias “Aisha’s Cushion”
“Poetry is metrical, imaginatively-creative discourse, characterized in the Arabic language also by the inclusion of rhyme. The imaginatively creative premises it combines, whether objectively truthful or false, have as their only conditions, insofar as they are poetry, imaginative creativity.” (155)
“Poetry is metrical, imaginatively-creative discourse, characterized in the Arabic language also by the inclusion of rhyme. The imaginatively creative premises it combines, whether objectively truthful or false, have as their only conditions, insofar as they are poetry, imaginative creativity.” (155)
Subject
Poetry
Description
This passage from Jamal Elias's chapter "Beauty, Goodness, and Wonder" highlights the true value of poetry and the immense impacts it has on communities that encourage it.
Creator
Jamal Elias
Source
Jamal Elias, Aisha's Cushion, Chapter 5 "Beauty, Goodness, and Wonder" pp. 155.
Date
1200-1400
Format
Text
Language
English
Type
Religious book
Collection
Citation
Jamal Elias, “Jamal Elias “Aisha’s Cushion”
“Poetry is metrical, imaginatively-creative discourse, characterized in the Arabic language also by the inclusion of rhyme. The imaginatively creative premises it combines, whether objectively truthful or false, have as their only conditions, insofar as they are poetry, imaginative creativity.” (155),” Islam from 0-1500 CE, accessed November 15, 2026, https://coloradocollege.website/pingalls/items/show/23.
“Poetry is metrical, imaginatively-creative discourse, characterized in the Arabic language also by the inclusion of rhyme. The imaginatively creative premises it combines, whether objectively truthful or false, have as their only conditions, insofar as they are poetry, imaginative creativity.” (155),” Islam from 0-1500 CE, accessed November 15, 2026, https://coloradocollege.website/pingalls/items/show/23.