Naʽat
Poetry in praise of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naʽat (Bengali: নাত and Urdu: نعت) is poetry in praise of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. The practice is popular in South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan and India), commonly in Bengali, Punjabi, or Urdu. People who recite Naʽat are known as Naʽat Khawan or sanaʽa-khuaʽan. 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 Na'ats 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 ʽAlayna 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 (lit. 'exalted poetry') is reserved for poetry in the praise of Muhammad. In Arabic, na'at is usually called madih (lit. 'praise') or nasheed (lit. 'poetry'), although the latter can describe any type of religious poetry.
Urdu Na'at anthologies
- Hadaiqe Bakshish by Ahmad Raza Khan
- Wasail e Bakhsish by Muhammad Ilyas Qadri
- Tajalliyāt, by Syed Waheed Ashraf First 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) by Syed Waheed Ashraf
- Safeena e Bakhshish by Akhtar Raza Khan (Azhari Miya)
Notable Na'at khawans
Na'at poets
- Hassan ibn Thabit (c. 563–674)
- Pir Syed Meher Ali Shah (1859–1937)
- Amir Khusro (1253 – 1325 AD)
- Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (c. 1830–1907)
- Ahmed Raza Khan (1856 – 1921)
- Pir Syed Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)
- Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri (1892–1981)
- Muhammad Ilyas Qadri (b. 1950)
- Syed Waheed Ashraf (b. 1933)
- Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011)
- Akhtar Raza Khan (1943–2018)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938)
- Behzad Lucknavi (1900–1974)
- Tabish Mehdi (1951–2025)
Urdu Na'at reciters
- Syed Sabihuddin Rehmani (b. 1965)
- Junaid Jamshed (1964–2016)
- Abrar-ul-Haq (b. 1969)
- Syed Fasihuddin Soharwardy (b. 1957)
- Siddiq Ismail (b. 1954)
- Khursheed Ahmad (1956–2007)
- Abdul Rauf Rufi
- Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi
- Bekal Utsahi (1924–2016)
- Ajmal Sultanpuri (1923–2020)
See also
References
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