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