What is the difference between Manqabat and Qasida?

The difference between manqabat and qasida

is that "manqabat" is a Sufi devotional poem in praise of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law of Muhammad, or of any Sufi saint and "qasida" is an Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

manqabat

qasida

Noun

  • A Sufi devotional poem in praise of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law of Muhammad, or of any Sufi saint.

Noun

  • An Arabic or Persian elegiac monorhyme poem, usually having a tripartite structure.

Examples

  • He was delighted to hear some music and listened with emotion to the wild qasidas that the old man sang – songs of the Arab canon full of the wild heart-sickness of the desert.
  • The qasida is a formal multithematic ode addressed to a member of the elite in praise.