In the terminolgy of literary men, eulogy means description of poet his
praised by qualities &good characters.
Eulogy has been one of the innate character of mankind & his
motivation for eulogy has been summarizsd in four factors: (Admiration,
gratitude,debt orfear, gain).
Motanabi has been one of the most famous eulogist poet in the
Abbassides period and he has been very successful in the matter if
compared with his rivals.It is to say that his panegyrics were composed
for taking a position or obtaining wealth. The most important
characteristics of Motanabi s panegyrics have been exaggeration.
He paid special attention in his panegyrics to describe: (courage,
generosity, power, sciences, wisedom, Etc ...), and he was not so sen -
sitive in physical and material and appearant aspects such as (physical
beauty, richness, family, children, etc ...), just as in this verse, in which he
has eulogized with exaggeration the courage and generosity of
Mohammad - Ben - Zoraigh Toossi:
"From the fingers of my praised flows generosity & from his sword,
blood of enemies."