Naʽat

Naʽat(Urdu:نعت;Bengali:নাতandPunjabi) ispoetryin praise of the Islamic prophet,Muhammad.The practice is popular in South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), commonly inUrdu,BengaliorPunjabi.People who recite Naʽat are known asNaʽat Khawanorsanaʽa-khuaʽan.Exclusive "Praise to Allah" and Allah alone is calledHamd,not to be confused with 'Na'at'.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In Arab countries, lyrics and praises said for Muhammad are calledMadih nabawi.

History

One early author, Hassan, was known asShair-e Darbaar-e Risalat.Before converting to Islam he was a poet, and after converting, he started writing Naats in honor of Muhammad.^[4]His poetry defended Muhammad in response to rival poets who attacked him and his religion.^{[citation needed]}

Talaʽ al Badru ʽAlaynais a traditional Islamic poem known as nasheed recited to Muhammad when he moved to Medina in 622 CE.^[5]

Language

Commonly, the termnaʽat shareef(exalted poetry) is reserved for poetry in the praise of Muhammad. In Arabic, na'at is usually calledmadih(praise) ornasheed(poetry), although the latter can describe any type of religious poetry.

Urdu Na'at anthologies

Hadaiq e BakhshishbyAhmad Raza Khan
Wasail e BakhsishbyMuhammad Ilyas Qadri
Tajalliyāt,bySyed Waheed AshrafFirst Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2018)ISBN 978-93-85295-76-8,Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
Urdū zabān men̲ naʻt goʼī kā fann aur tajallīyāt,2001 (OCLC 50912916) bySyed Waheed Ashraf
Safeena e BakhshishbyAkhtar Raza Khan(Azhari Miya)