Al Mutanabbi

Al Mutanabbi (915-965), full name Abu al Tayyib Ahman ibn-Husayn, was an Arab poet. He is one of the most widely quoted poets in Islamic world. He was a poet of the Hamdanid dynasty.

Wisdom & Quotes

• I am known to the horse-troop,

the night and the desert's expanse,
Not more to the paper and pen
than the sword and lance!

Al-Hallaj