Temporal Fatalism and Fate in Diwan al-Majdhub: A Cognitive Linguistic Study

This study aims to explore the conceptual metaphors of time and fate in Moroccan Sufi poetry through Diwan Abderahman al-Majdhub, a popular work which is deeply rooted in Moroccan culture, reflecting spiritual teachings and social critique in a form of short proverbial poems. His work represents a fatalistic worldview that draws from a broader Islamic perspective. Fifteen cases of temporal fatalism are analyzed using Conceptual Metaphor Theory as an analytical framework. Dominant metaphors such as FATE IS A TEXT, TIME IS A PERSON and GOD IS A CONTROLLER OF EXSTENCE reflect an Islamic viewpoint particularly with the notion of al-maktub (The written) which indicates the presence of divine will in the lives of believers. The findings of the study illustrate the cultural value system of endurance and surrender to fate, marked with a limited human agency and divine predestination that interact in shaping fatalism in Moroccan Arabic oral tradition.