Brockelmann's Geschichte Revisited Once More; Translator's Note; Introduction; I The Task of Literary History; II Sources and Early Accounts of the Literary History of the Arabs; III Division of the History of Arabic Literature; First Book The National Literature of the Arabs; First Section From the Beginnings until the Appearance of Muḥammad; Supplement I; For Chapters 1-6, see Supplement Volume I; Chapter 7. The Six Poets; Chapter 8. Other Poets of Pre-Islamic Times; Chapter 9. Jewish and Christian Poets before Islam; Chapter 10. The Beginnings of Arabic Prose
Second Section. Muḥammad and His Time ; Chapter 1. Muḥammad the Prophet; Chapter 2. The Qurʼān; Chapter 3. Labīd and al-Aʻshā; Chapter 4. Ḥassān b. Thābit; Chapter 5. Kaʻb b. Zuhayr; Chapter 6. Mutammin b. Nuwayra; Chapter 7. Al-Khansāʼ; Chapter 8. Abū Miḥjan and al-Ḥuṭayʼa; Chapter 9. Minor Poets; Chapter 10. Two Forgeries; Third Section The Period of the Umayyads; Chapter 1. General Characteristics; Chapter 2. ʻUmar b. Abī Rabīʻa; Chapter 3. Other Poets in Arabia; Chapter 4. Al-Akhṭal; Chapter 5. Al-Farazdaq; Chapter 6. Jarīr; Chapter 7. Dhu ʼl-Rumma; Chapter 8. The Rajaz Poets
Chapter 9. Minor Poets ; Chapter 10. Prose Writing at the Time of the Umayyads; Second Book Islamic Literature in the Arabic Language; First section The Classical Period from ca. 750 until ca. 1000; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Poetry; A The Poets of Baghdad; B Poets of Iraq and the Jazīra; C Poets from Arabia and Syria; D The Circle of Sayf al-Dawla; E Egyptian and North African Poets; Chapter 3. Rhymed Prose; Chapter 4. Philology; I The School of Basra; II The School of Kufa; III The School of Baghdad; IV Linguistics in Persia and the East; V Linguistics in Egypt and Spain
Chapter 4. Historiography 1 The Life of Muḥammad; 2 Urban History; 3 The History of the Pre-Islamic Arabs; 4 Imperial and World History; 5 Cultural and Literary History; 6 The History of Egypt and North Africa; 7 The History of Spain; Chapter 5. Belles Lettres in Prose; Chapter 6. Ḥadīth; Chapter 7. Fiqh; 1 The Ḥanafīs; 2 The Mālikīs; 3 The Shāfiʻīs; 4 The Lesser Schools; 5 The Shīʻa; 1 The Zaydīs; 2 The Imāmīs; Chapter 8. Sciences of the Qurʼān; 1 The Reading of the Qurʼān; 2 Qurʼānic Exegesis; Chapter 9. Dogmatics; Chapter 10. Mysticism; Chapter 11. The Translators; Chapter 12. Philosophy
Chapter 13. Mathematics ; Chapter 14. Astronomy and Astrology; Chapter 15. Geography; Chapter 16. Medicine; Chapter 17. Natural and Occult Sciences; Chapter 18. Encyclopaedias; Second Section The Post-Classical Period of Islamic Literature from ca. 400/1000 until ca. 656/1258; Chapter 1. Poetry; A Poets of Baghdad, Iraq, and the Jazīra; B Persian Poets; C Syrian Poets; D Arabian Poets; E Egyptian Poets; F North African and Sicilian Poets; G Spanish Poets; Chapter 2. Rhymed Prose and Stylistics; Chapter 3. Philology; 1 Philology in Iraq; 2 Philology in Persia and Neighbouring Countries