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Nawa Zade Atai is one of the literary and Sufi figures who is considered the most genuine and valuable one during the 17th century. He is also a poet of Divan known by his identity as a historian and a Jurisprudent. The poet was born in 1583 in Istanbul, the capital city of the Ottoman Empire at that time. His real name is Atta'ullah. His father was a Sufi whose name is Yahya Bin Beer Ali Bin Nasooh. Because his father was known by his nickname Nawa, the poet got this nickname Nawa Zade Atai, which means the son of Nawa. As he used the nickname Attai in his poetry, his full name became Nawa Zade Atai. After receiving his religious education, he was employed in several jobs in teaching and justice. He died in 1635 in his hometown Istanbul. He was released from his work as a judge one year before his death. His grave is close to his father's grave in a religious building that is called Takyat Al-Shaikh Wafaa in Istanbul. Nawa Zade Atai is considered a Hanafi jurisprudent and has books in poetry and prose. One of these books is called Divan. Nawa Zade Atai devoted his poetic work, which is called Diva, in which he collects his poems, to the soul of the Shaikh Yahia Afandi. It includes one preface written in prose, 31 poems, 275 courtly love poems, 56 historical sections, 15 rubaiyat, and 93 verses. The language is very simple and interesting. He creatively dealt with the structure of the language at that time.