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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Elixir of Love Poetry The reverend Shaykh was very interested in mystical and ethical poetry. His sermons were, most often, given along with instructive poetry .He especially valued the Ghazals of Hafiz and the Mathnawi of Taqdis; he would cry when hearing their poetry. He was very fond of Mathnawi of Taqdis and would say: "If there were only one copy of Taqdis in the market, I would give anything I had in order to buy that book"[^1] Dr.

Abul Hasan Shaykh, a close acquaintance of the Shaykh for many years, said: 'The Shaykh was an expert on Hafiz poetry and interpreted his poems quite well. About the reverend Shaykh's viewpoint concerning poetry and poets, particularly Hafiz, Dr. Hamid Farzam had this to say: 'Since 1954, when I found the honor of friendship with the Shaykh through Dr. Guya, rarely a session would have been held in which I would not hear relevant, timely, and beautiful poetry from him.

He was really fascinated by Hafiz. Once I asked him why he was so deeply interested in Hafiz. He replied: "In spiritual and mystical aspects, Hafiz has really done his best and expressed all spiritual truths and mystical-intuitive findings in his poetry." The Shaykh was more dedicated to Hafiz than to other poets, and would always recite his poems even when he wished to warn or reproach someone.'[^2] He always referred to the world as a "hag".

Sometimes facing a disciple he would say: "I see you have fallen again in the trap of this 'hag'!" And then, he would recite this poem of Hafiz: 'There is none who is not entangled in that curling ringlet, Who is there in the way of whom lies not such a snare of tribulation?'[^3] He would also say ironically: "Most often they get entangled in it, and very few are the ones who are detached from this hag!" He would recite this fine couplet in condemning self-conceit: 'Being self-conceited and self-opinionated is infidelity toward being a dervish recluse, The command is what You (God) ordain, the opinion is what You think of.' Reciting (singing) Poetry in a Delightful Voice Dr.

Farzam said in this respect 'The late reverend Shaykh would recite poetry in a pleasant melody, for instance, certain poems of the late Fayz-e Kashani, such as the following couplets which would highly impress the listeners.