A manuscript of Al-Busti's nuniyya, which opens: زيادة المرء في دنياه نقصان ('To ascend in one's world is to decline')

A nūniyya (Arabic: نُونِيَّة, plural نونيات nūniyyāt) is an Arabic poetic form in which each line ends with an n sound, coming either from the letter ن (nun) or from nunation. This creates the consonant rhyme scheme of the poem.

Among the most famous nuniyyas are the Nuniyya of Ibn Zaydun,[1] the Nuniyya of Khidr Bey, the Nuniyya of Ibn Qayyim, the Nuniyya of Imam al-Qahtani al-Andalusi, the Nuniyya of Abu al-Fath al-Busti, and "Ritha' al-Andalus" by Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi.

References

  1. ↑ Farrin, Raymond K. (2003). "The 'Nūniyya' of Ibn Zaydūn: A Structural and Thematic Analysis". Journal of Arabic Literature. 34 (1/2): 82–106. doi:10.1163/157006403764980578. JSTOR 4183477.
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