Religious rebellion in Ibn Bassam’s poetry: an analytical study of the behavioral and moral dimensions

Abstract

This study addresses religious rebellion in the poetry of the Arab poet Ibn Bassam, through analyzing a number of poetic verses that show his rejection of the Islamic and moral values prevailing in his society. The study focuses on exploring the contradictions shown in Ibn Bassam’s poems, especially with regard to the month of Ramadan, night prayers, and the Night of Power, as well as his rebellion against religious, political, and social values. The study sheds light on how the poet exploits words and symbols to convey a state of explicit rebellion against religious norms, and provides an explanation for his relationship with the psychological conflict that he reflects in his poetry. The study also addresses the impact of this rebellious tendency on our understanding of the cultural and religious reality in the Abbasid era, and its connection to the psychological and social crises that the poet experienced.