GHAZAL DEFINITIONS AND ELEMENTS. It's an Arabic word that means “conversing with the beloved.” It developed in Persia in the 10th century AD from the Arabic verse form qasida.

The ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. Ghazals often deal with topics of spiritual and romantic love and may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation from the beloved and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.

His ghazal contains thirty thousand verses. Urdu has the honor of having the longest ghazal ever written in the world. A ghazal of thirty thousand (30,000) verses in the line of "Bolta Hai" has been generated by Pirzada Ashiq Kiranvi. In this articlea the author tried to introduce this Ghazal and its poet.