Naʽat Explained

Naat (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|[[wikt:نعت|نعت]]; Bengali: [[wikt:নাত|নাত]] and Punjabi) is poetry in praise of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The practice is popular in South Asia (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), commonly in Urdu, Bengali or Punjabi. People who recite Naat are known as Naat Khawan or sanaa-khuaan. Exclusive "Praise to Allah" and Allah alone is called Hamd, not to be confused with 'Na'at'.[1] [2] [3]

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

History

One early author, Hassan, was known as Shair-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.

Tala al Badru Alayna is a traditional Islamic poem known as nasheed recited to Muhammad when he moved to Medina in 622 CE.[5]

Language

Commonly, the term naʽat shareef (exalted poetry) is reserved for poetry in the praise of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad. In Arabic, na'at is usually called madih (praise) or nasheed (poetry), although the latter can describe any type of religious poetry.

Urdu Na'at anthologies

Notable Na'at khawans

Na'at poets

Urdu Na'at reciters

See also

References

written by Muhammad Naqi Naqvi

by Muhammad Naqvi Naqvi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Naat Sharif (Meaning of Naat & Hamd)- Naat by Sahaba-e-Ikhram. sufisaints.com website. Sufi Saints. 7 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170113062202/http://sufisaints.com/forumss/index.php?topic=642.0. 13 January 2017.
  2. https://www.definitions.net/definition/naat/ Definition of Naat on definitions.net website
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123609/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/naat Definition of Naat in English on oxforddictionaries.com website
  4. 'URDU ZABAN MEIN NAT GŪĪ KA FUN' (Literary Criticism) Book in URDU by Syed Waheed Ashraf
  5. Web site: Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and the Middle East. islamicity.com website. 7 December 2018.