List of Arabic-language poets

List of Arabic language poets, most of whom were or are Arabs and who wrote in the Arabic language. Each year links to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. The alphabetical order is by first names.

A

 * Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
 * Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750–809) (عباس بن الأحنف)
 * Abdallah Zrika (1953)
 * Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (d.630)
 * Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi (b. 1938)
 * Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi (d. 1230)
 * Abd Al-Rahman Shokry (1886–1958)
 * Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999)
 * Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (d. 1298)
 * Abdel Latif Moubarak (b. 1964)
 * Abdel Mohsin Musellem (b.1958)
 * Abderrahman El Majdoub (d. 1568)
 * Abdul Rahman Yusuf (b. 1970)
 * Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908)
 * Abo Al Qassim Al Shabbi
 * Abu 'Afak (7th Century)
 * Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897–967)
 * Abu al-Hasan al-Shushtari (1212–1269)
 * Abu Nuwas (750–813)
 * Abu Tammam (c. 805–845)
 * Abu-l-'Atahiya (748–828)
 * Ahmad al-Tifashi (d. 1253)
 * Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932)
 * al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
 * Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
 * al-Buhturi (820–897)
 * al-Farazdaq (d. c. 729)
 * al-Fath ibn Khaqan (817–861)
 * Adunis (b. 1928–)
 * Ali Al Jallawi (b. 1975–)
 * 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Busiri (d. 1296)
 * al-Khansa (600–670)
 * Abu ibn Abd Allah al-Ma'arri (973–1057)
 * Al-Mutanabbi (915–965)
 * al-Nabighah al-Dhubyani (6th century)
 * 'Alqama ibn 'Abada (6th century)
 * Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq (7th Century)
 * al-Walid ibn Yazid, (d. 744)
 * Amr ibn Kulthum (6th century)
 * 'Antara Ibn Shaddad (d. c. 580)
 * Asma bint Marwan

B

 * Badawi al-Jabal, (b. 1907)
 * Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (967–1007)
 * Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, (d. 1964)
 * Bashshar ibn Burd (714–784)
 * Bashir Copti, (1929–) (بشير عيسى قبطي)
 * Bhai Nand Lal (1633–1713)- composed mainly in Urdu and Persian

F

 * Fadwa Toukan (1917–2003)
 * Farhat, Southern Mahjari
 * Fawzi Maluf (d. 1930), figure of the Mahjar
 * Francis Marrash (1836–1873)

H

 * Hafiz Ibrahim (1872–1932)
 * Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri
 * Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
 * Hilmi M. Zawati (b.1953) (حلمي زواتي)

I

 * Ibn al-Farid (1181–1235
 * Ibn al-Khatib (1313–1374)
 * Ibn al-Rumi, (d. 896)
 * Muhyi al-din ibn al-'Arabi, (d. 1240)
 * Ibn Duraid (837–934)
 * Ibn Juzayy (1321–1340)
 * Ibn Khafajah, (b. 1039)
 * Ibn Quzman (1078–1160)
 * Ibn Sahl of Sevilla (1212–1251)
 * Ibn Zaydún (1003–1071)
 * Ibrahim Al-Mausili (742–804)
 * Ibrahim Nagi (1898–1953)
 * Ibrahim Touqan (1905–1941
 * Iliyya Abu Madi, (d. 1957)
 * Iman Mersal
 * Imru' al-Qais (6th century)
 * Ismail ibn Yasar al-Nisai

J

 * Jabal ibn Jawwal (7th Century)
 * Jamal Jumá (b. 1956)
 * Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, (d. 1936)
 * Jarir ibn `Atiyah al-Khatfi (d. c. 728)

K

 * Ka'b bin Zuhayr (6th century)
 * Kahlil Gibran (1883– 1931)
 * Khalil ibn Ahmad (718–791)
 * Khalil Mutran (d. 1949)
 * Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
 * Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

L

 * Labīd (560–661)
 * Layla al-Akhyaliyyah, (d. 704)

M

 * Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014)
 * Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
 * Mahmud Sami al-Barudi (d. 1904)
 * Mana Al Otaiba, (b. 1946)
 * Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
 * Maram al-Masri (b. 1962)
 * Maruf al Rusafi
 * Maryana Marrash (1848–1919)
 * Masoud Juni (1938-1991)
 * Mohamed Ghozzi (20th century)
 * Mohammed Abdalbari (b. 1985)
 * Mohammed Bennis (1948–)
 * Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur (d. 1708)
 * Mourid Barghouti (b. 1944)
 * Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, (d. 973)
 * Muhammad Ibn Abbad Al Mutamid (1040–1095)
 * Muhammad ibn Ammar (c. 1031–1086)
 * Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, (d. 1998)
 * Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri
 * Muhammed Almagut (1934–2006)

N

 * Najma Idrees
 * Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007)
 * Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998)

O

 * Orkhan Muyassar (1911?–1965), surrealist author

Q

 * al-Qarawi, Southern Mahjari
 * Qassim Haddad (b. 1948)
 * Qays ibn al-Mullawah, (d. 688)

S

 * Saadi Youssef (1934–2021)
 * Said Akl (1911–2014)
 * Salah Jaheen (1930–1986)
 * Salah Labaki (1906–1955)
 * Salman Masalha (b. 1953)
 * Samaw'al ibn 'Adiya (d. c. 560)
 * Samih al-Qasim (20th century)
 * Sidi Boushaki (1394–1453)

T

 * Tarafah ibn al 'Abd (6th century)
 * Tawfiq Sayigh (d. 1971), modernist proponent of prose poetry
 * Tawfiq Ziad (1929–1994)

U

 * 'Umar Abu Rishah (1910–1990)
 * Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah (d. 712)

W

 * Waddah al-Yaman (d. 708)
 * Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (994–1091)

Y

 * Yusuf Ghusub (b. 1900), Lebanese symbolist

Z

 * Zuhayr ibn Abī Sūlmā (520–609)