Abstract
The position of poetry remained unchanged in Islam as it was before Islam, however with due some changes it was used as a weapon for the sake of Islam. This article will explain that how the poetry played a vital role in preaching of Islam. Islam absolutely encourages good wholesome poetry, which inspires one towards the fear of Allah, towards His awe and obedience, and towards anything that is good and made permissible by Allah and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Following discussions are made in this article: Firstly Quranic views towards poetry; as the word poet came in Quran four times while the word poetry once. The total verses in which we see the word poetry are six. Secondly Preaching of ethics through poetry; as we see that before Islam the Arab society was without any ethics, the Muslim poet called them for an exemplary lifelike of the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Using of Quranic notion in poetry. Thirdly the Quranic notion was used largely in the beginning of Islam, especially by Hassan bin Sabith, Abdullah Bin Rawaha, Ka’ab Bin Zubair and Nabigha Al Juhdi etc. Fourthly Answer to non-believers through poetry; as Hassan bin Sabith did through his poetry, and answer to the opposition, which impacts more sharp than sword and lastly using of Poetry during the war; it was considered as one of the biggest source for encouraging towards holly wars, the example of Hazrath Khansa is most prominent. The research article basically focuses upon the importance of poetry in Islam, moreover how the weapon of poetry have been used by Islamic poets for defending of Islam and how Islamic poetry vastly used for spreading of golden teachings of Islam.