(2) Al-Muk͟hzaramūn (lit. “spurious”), those born in the time of ignorance, but who embraced Islām, as Labīd and Ḥassān, whose names occur in the traditions.
(3) Al-Mutaqaddimūn (lit. “first”), those who were born in the time of Islām, of parents who were converts to Islām, as Jarīr and Farazdaq.
(4) Al-Muwalladūn, those who were born of true-born Muslims, as Bashār.
(5) Al-Muḥdis̤ūn, the third generation of Muslim poets, as Abū Tammām, and Buk͟htari.
(6) Al-Mutaʾak͟hk͟hirūn (lit. “the last”), all succeeding poets.
The Mutaqadimūn, the Muwalladūn, and the Muḥdis̤ūn, correspond with the Aṣhāb, the Tābiʿūn, and the Tābiʿ Tābiʿūn, or the three first generations of Muslims.
There are seven poems of ancient Arabia, who are known in history as the Muʿallaqāt, or “suspended,” because they had been in turn suspended on the walls of the Makkan temple. They are also known as Muẕahhabāt, or the “golden” poems, because they were written in gold. The names of their authors are Zuhair, T̤arafah, Imru ʾl-Qais, ʿAmru ibn Kuls̤ūm, al-Ḥāris̤, ʿAntarah, and Labīd. The last of the seven embraced Islām. It is related that Labīd had posted up in the Kaʿbah his poem, beginning:—
الا كل شىء ما خلا الله باطل
Alā kulla shaʾin mā k͟halā ʾllāha bāt̤ilu.
“Know that everything is vanity but God.”