Naʽat
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Commonly, the termnaʽat shareef(exalted poetry) is reserved for poetry in the praise of the Islamic Prophet, 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
[edit]- Hadaiq e BakhshishbyAhmad Raza Khan
- Wasail e BakhsishbyMuhammad Ilyas Qadri
- Tajalliyāt,bySyed Waheed AshrafFirst Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2018)ISBN978-93-85295-76-8,Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
- Urdū zabān men̲ naʻt goʼī kā fann aur tajallīyāt,2001 (OCLC50912916) bySyed Waheed Ashraf
- Safeena e BakhshishbyAkhtar Raza Khan(Azhari Miya)
Notable Na'at khawans
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Na'at poets
[edit]- Hassan ibn Thabit
- Pir Syed Meher Ali Shah
- Amir Khusro
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh
- Ahmed Raza Khan
- Pir Syed Naseer-uddin-Naseer
- Mustafa Raza Khan
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri
- Mushtaq Qadri
- Syed Waheed Ashraf
- Muzaffar Warsi
- Akhtar Raza Khan
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Behzad Lucknavi
Urdu Na'at reciters
[edit]- Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani
- Junaid Jamshed
- Abrar ul Haq
- Syed Fasihuddin Soharwardy
- Siddiq Ismail
- Khursheed Ahmad
- Abdul Rauf Rufi
- Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi
- Bekal Utsahi
- Ajmal Sultanpuri
- Mushtaq Qadri
- Ghulam Mustafa Qadri
- Muhammad Naqi Naqvi
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Naʽat Sharif ( Meaning of Naʽat & Hamd )- Naʽat by Sahaba-e-Ikhram".sufisaints website.Sufi Saints. Archived fromthe originalon 13 January 2017.Retrieved7 December2018.
- ^Definition of Naat on definitions.net websiteRetrieved 7 December 2018
- ^Definition of Naat in English on oxforddictionaries websiteRetrieved 7 December 2018
- ^'URDU ZABAN MEIN NAʽT GŪʽĪ KA FUN' (Literary Criticism) Book in URDU by Syed Waheed Ashraf
- ^"Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and the Middle East".islamicity website.Retrieved7 December2018.
