Following the passing of the Prophet, the tradition continued. The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates saw a flourishing of Arabic literature. Sufi mystics later adopted the Naat as a means of spiritual ascent. They realized that to love the Prophet was to love the Creator, and poetry became a vessel for this divine love.
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself encouraged this, famously stating regarding Hassan’s poetry: "Reply to them (the disbelievers), for by Him in Whose Hand is my soul, it (his poetry) strikes them more painfully than arrows." This endorsement laid the foundation for the genre. arabic naat..