What is "mu'allaqat"

The Mu‘allaqāt ( Arabic: المعلقات, ) is a group of seven long Arabic poems that are considered the best work of the pre-Islamic era. The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems, the traditional explanation being that these poems were hung on or in the Ka'ba at Mecca. It has also been called The Mu‘allaqāt because its like precious gems that hangs in the mind and is watched in silence.

Along with the Mufaddaliyat, Jamharat Ash'ar al-Arab and Asma'iyyat, the Mu'allaqat are considered the primary source for early Arabic poetry.