The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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What gave rise to this subtle, deep, and symbolical poetry was the fact that the Persian rulers suppressed all free thought and utterance; and therefore the great philosophers who felt a deep inspiration and also an urge to interpret the secret of life by the means of words, had to look for some way in which they could express themselves. In the end they found it, and that way was by expressing their philosophical ideas in the form of lyrics. This gave birth to a new form of art. It was like painting: all poetry became a picture of life; with different lights and shades and colors the poets composed pictures of the various aspects of human life. That is why Persian poetry has always been known as an individual, a unique, and a most wonderful and beautiful art. It is still considered to be so, though that inspiration seems to have vanished a long time ago.


 
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