What is the meaning of the poem the Bewildered Arab?

Answer 1

this poetry conveys a story of an arab hooked in confusion. on his way to enlightenment, he met someone who helped him and divined him. in the resolution, he saw someone struggling with the same dilemma.

Answer 2

"The Bewildered Arab" is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley that reflects the speaker's feeling of uncertainty and disorientation in the face of nature's vastness and power. The poem explores themes of awe, insignificance, and the overwhelming experience of confronting the natural world.

Answer 3

Just like the Analects or Zen Buddhism poetry, I think, The Bewildered Arab works as a philosophical puzzle which intends to make the philosopher (which is the Arab) question the nature of his surroundings. It does not have a distinct answer; it simply encourages intellectual meditation and debate, in this case, the nature and fiction of the self in the world. But it doesn't mean that it can't be discussed. If you want to use comparative methods of analysis, you can look up on certain philosophical trends in the West that deals with the poetry's question. Or you could look into Middle East philosophical traditions to illuminate the kind of answers Arabian philosophers of Jami's period would look for.