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Islamic poetry
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “poetry written by muslims on the topic of islam”. Today it says “form of spoken word and written n arabic”.
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Islamic poetry is a form of spoken word written & recited by Muslims . Islamic poetry, and notably Sufi poetry , has been written in many languages including Urdu and Turkish . Genres of Islamic poetry include Ginans , devotional hymns recited by Ismailis; Ghazal , poetic expression of the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. and Qasida , written poetry, often translated as ode, passed on through the Arab Muslim expansion; and blank verse ( shi'r musal ).
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poetry written by muslims on the topic of islam
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form of spoken word and written n arabic
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