Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our master Muhammad and upon his pure and immaculate Household.

This study examines one aspect of the poetic corpus of the Christian poet Saeed Jirjis al-Issa (1917–1991), namely the aspect in which his poetry reflects an influence of Islam—its Qur’an, its Messenger (peace be upon him and his Household), and the Arab culture that emerged under the auspices of the true Islamic faith. These influences engaged the poet’s consciousness and motivated him to write on their basis. Within this context emerge the names of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his Household) in his poetry.

The poems of Saeed Jirjis al-Issa addressed in this study fall into two main categories. The first consists of texts imbued with an Islamic spirit, which subtly evoke the image of the Greatest Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his Household) and implicitly allude to his blessed names. The second includes texts explicitly marked as poems of Prophetic praise, numbering three poems in total.