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Naʽat (Urdu: نعت; Bengali: 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 Naʽat are known as Naʽat Khawan or sanaʽa-khuaʽan. Exclusive "Praise to Allah" and Allah alone is called ...
A hamd (حمد), Arabic for 'praise,' is a song (or poem) in praise of Allah. A hamd traditionally begins the thematic sequence of songs in a Qawwali occasion (after the obligatory hymns). [21] A na`at (نعت), Arabic for 'description,' is a song (or poem) in praise of Muhammad. The hamd is traditionally followed by a na`at.
There is a large number of hamd and naat singers in Pakistan. This is a type of Islamic religious music where poetical verses of the love for God (Allah) is expressed. Some of the most famous artists include Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, along with his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. There are Sabri Brothers Qawwal, Qawwal Bahauddin Khan from Karachi.
Wohi Khuda Hai (Urdu: وہی خدا ہے, lit. 'That Being is God') is a hamd. The poem was written by Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist, Muzaffar Warsi. [1][2] It praises God as the Only Creator of the large system of Universe that runs and maintains the order with harmony and balance. [3][4] It has been sung and covered multiple times across ...
Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan (1985) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the Government of Pakistan (2013) Siddiq Ismail (born 10 February 1954 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Hamd and Na`at reciter and has made appearances for over 50 years on Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan. [1][2][3][4]
Muzaffar Warsi. Muzaffar Warsi (23 December 1933 – 28 January 2011; Urdu: مظفر وارثی) was a Pakistani poet, essayist, lyricist, and a scholar of Urdu. He began writing more than five decades ago. He wrote a rich collection of na`ats, as well as several anthologies of ghazals and nazms, and his autobiography Gaye Dinon Ka Suraagh.
Alhaj Khursheed Ahmad or Khurshid Ahmad (Urdu: الحاج خورشید احمد) (1 January 1956 – 30 August 2007) was a Naat Khawan from Pakistan. He started to recite Naats when he was only a few years old, and by the time of his death, he had recited thousands of Naats. He used to proficiently recite Naats not only in Urdu, but also in ...
e. Syed Rashid Ahmed Jaunpuri ( Bengali: সৈয়দ রশীদ আহমদ জৌনপুরী; 1889–2001) was a Sufi saint, [1] author, scholar of Hadith and Quran, and Muslim missionary in Bangladesh. He was influenced by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi and his Barelvi movement. [2] He also written Urdu ghazals, nazm, hamd and naat, his ...