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Critical Review on the two novels: "Hajjaj bin Yousuf" by Jurji Zaidan and "Muhammad bin Qasim" by Naseem Hijaz

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This article is an evaluation and comparative study of two famous historical novels “Hajjaj bin Yousuf” by Jurji Zaidan and “Mohammad bin Qasim” by Naseem Hijazi. Jurji Zaidan, being a Christian, has distorted the historical events of great historical personalities. Although the novel is named “Hajjaj bin Yousuf” yet in fact the protagonist is an imaginary character named ‘Hasan’ and the heroine ‘Samiya’ is also an imaginary one. The novel is pregnant with romantic incidents of the hero and heroine. The novelist has not satisfactorily depicted the historical images. However, some of the incidents are based on reality, e.g. the persecution and hard heartedness of Hajjaj bin Yousuf and Abdullah bin Zubair during the besiege of Makkah, as in the books of history even the Muslim historians have described the cruelties of Hajjaj bin Yousuf. It seems that he has focused more on the negative aspects of even the Umayyad caliphs like Abdul Malik bin Merwan and Waleed bin Abdul Malik.Whereas Naseem Hijazi has portrayed the historical events realistically and has not included concocted stories in his novel. The Muslims’ persecution by Raja Dahir is based on reality. Naseem Hijazi has superficially described the romantic incidents only to produce interest in the readers. But his hero seems to be a super human being who has a flawless personality. Moreover, the novel is loaded with a long address on the significance of Jihad which is considered a defect of the novel by the critics. Sometimes the reader feels as if he were reading a book on the history of Islam instead of a novel. On the whole, the novels of both novelists fulfil the prerequisites of a novel and contain the romantic element just to create interest in the readers

د.عــذرا پــرويـن. (2018) نظرة نقدية حول الروايتين: "الحجاج بن يوسف" لجرجي زيدان"ومحمد بن قاسم" لنسيم حجازي , Majallah Al-Qism Al-Arabi, Volume 25, Issue 1.
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