This is only a Reminder and a Plain Quran – 36:69).

This is only a Reminder and a Plain Quran – 36:69). Allah -azwj Disliked ‘poetry’ specifically compiled to draw people’s imaginations and fascinate their minds for entertainment having speculative aspects and exaggeration, for example in the praise of women and/or the notables and the rulers. This type of poetry is disliked in Islam. As there are several Verses in the Holy Quran and Ahadith.

The plain truth and praise of Allah -azwj , as composed by Prophet Adam -as , was still considered ‘poetry’ by people – that would not be Disliked by Allah -azwj , in the Divine Terms, it is meaningful, and reminds one of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Representatives -asws and the Hereafter.

However, a single word ‘poetry’ had been reserved to the both types of verses – the illicit ‘poetry’ and the Verses composed for and on the Truth and for Allah -azwj and His -azwj Representatives (also referred to by people as) ‘poems’. For example, Imam Sadiq -asws said: There is none who recites poetry about Hussain -asws and weeps and makes others weep by means of it, except that Allah -azwj Makes Paradise incumbent upon him and forgives his sins.

[4] On the other hand, two types of poetry is disliked, (1) Poetry used by those who misguide people from the Just Path (religion), (2) Poetry in the praise of people (women, rulers, notables). First, we review those Verses of the Holy Quran which talk about the ‘poetry’, followed by looking at Ahadith related to both virtuous and illicit forms of poetry, in particular those which have become part of our religious (Shia Muslim) practices.