The Leader emphasized the need for religious poetry and said, “Admiring and mourning for the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S) and his infallible household is an important part of the religious poetry but prudent and logical words must be used in this field”.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that it is religious poets’ great responsibility to connect the events of the early days of Islam to the events of the present time and added, “Prophet Muhammad (S) and his infallible household were all fighting against oppression, blasphemy and dissention, and that is why they were martyred by the cruel rulers of their time”.
The Leader said, “Fighting against the oppressors is not just restricted to swords. Today, dissemination comes first in the world, and one can fight against the oppressors through words and poetry.”
He asked the poets to make good use of Islamic rules and teachings to reinforce concepts in their works.
The Leader further expressed happiness over the development of religious poetry and the increasing number of active poets in composing religious poetry and said, “Good poetry is quite influential and everlasting and today, we need poets like Hafez and Sadi, and this is quite achievable through more study of the poetry by the great poets.”
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