Fihrist about half a dozen are extant. These include the Book of Distinction, the Book of the Wild Animals, the Book of the Horse, and the Book of the Sheep, and Fuḥūlat al-Shu‘arā a pioneering work of Arabic literary criticism. Disposition of Man or Humanity () - Kitab Khalaq al-Insan Categories () Al-Anwā’ () – “Influence of the stars on the weather” Marking with the Hamzah) () Short and Long () Distinction, or of Rare Animals () - Kitab al-Farq Eternal Attributes [of God] () Gates () or Merit () Al-Maysir and al-Qidāḥ () Disposition of the Horse () Horses () - Kitāb al-Khail The Camel () - Kitāb al-Ibil Sheep () - Kitāb al-Shā Tents and Houses () Wild Beasts () - Kitab al-Wuhush Times () Fa‘ala wa-Af‘ala [gram.]) () Proverbs () Antonyms () Pronunciations/Dialects () Weapons () Languages/Vernaculars () Etymology () Rare Words () Origins of Words () Change and Substitution [gram.] () The Arabian Peninsula () The Utterance/Pail) () Migration () The Meaning of Poetry () Infinitive/Verbal Noun () The Six Poems () Rajaz Poems () Date Palm/Creed () Plants and Trees () The Land Tax () Synonyms () The Strange in the Ḥadīth () The Saddle, Bridle, Halter and Horse Shoe () The Strange in the Ḥadīth-Uncultured Words () Rare Forms of the Arabians/Inflections/Declensions () Waters of the Arabs () Genealogy () Vocal Sounds () Masculine and Feminine () The Seasons Contribution to Early Arabic Literature Al-Aṣma’ī was among a group of scholars who edited and recited the Pre-lslāmic and Islāmic poets of the Arab tribes up to the era of the Banū al-‘Abbās He memorised thousands of verses of rajaz poetry and edited a substantial portion of the canon of Arab poets, but produced little poetry of his own. . He met criticism for neglecting the ‘rare forms’ (nawādir - ) and lack of care in his abridgments. List of Edited Poets Al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī (whom he also abridged) Al-Ḥuṭay’ah Al-Nābighah al-Ja‘dī Labīd ibn Rabī‘ah al-‘Āmirī Tamīm ibn Ubayy ibn Muqbil Durayd ibn al-Ṣimmah Muhalhil ibn Rabī‘ah Al-A‘shā al-Kabīr, Maymūn ibn Qays, Abū Baṣīr: A‘shā Bāhilah ‘Amir ibn al-Ḥārith Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah Bishr ibn Abī Khāzim Al-Zibraqān ibn Badr al-Tamīmī Al-Mutalammis Jarīr ibn ‘Abd al-Masīḥ Ḥumayd ibn Thawr al-Rājiz Ḥumayd al-Arqaṭ Suhaym ibn Wathīl al-Riyāḥī Urwah ibn al-Ward ‘Amr ibn Sha’s Al-Namir ibn Tawlab Ubayd Allāh ibn Qays al-Ruqayyāt Muḍarras ibn Rib‘ī Abū Ḥayyah al-Numayrī Al-Kumayt