Being inspired by either positive or negative intuitions, uttered and interpreted according to the certain meter, poetry is metrical and rhymed verses. As for the feeling (shi'r), it is the source and faculty supplying substance for all kinds of literature including poetry and prose. The Qur'an does not seem to offer any positive or negative judgment on "poetry" in its general meaning. it merely examines the satanic and sacred sources of the knowledge. In the Surat al-Shu'ara (the poets), poets are regarded as the listeners to the satanic verses. But the wav in which the term "shi'r" has been used narrowed down its meaning. That is because the poets of that time took on the mission of interpreting the satanic inspirations.