Semantic Scope Of Naat And “Tazkra Naat Goyaan e Urdu”

Abstract

Naat is an important poetic genre of oriental languages, especially in Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages. There are different meanings attached to it. In Arabic and Persian languages, it means to describe good qualities with exaggeration. According to Urdu dictionaries, it means, Sift o Sana and to describe Tahraff o Tauseef, however, this word is used in poetry exclusively for the praise of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). This article is the study of the meanings of this word (Naat) in different languages and also the analytical review of the book “Tazkra_Naat Goyaan e Urdu” by Syed Younis Shah