SCIENTIFIC THOUGHTS IN MODERN NAAT

(In Context of Mairaaj)

Abstract

Naat is a genre of poetry, traditionally enriched with the feelings of love and affection for Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), which has long been a way from a modern sensibility that has been invested in it by Iqbal. Iqbal, having sound knowledge of modern theories and scientific discoveries, introduced a new flavour of Naat. His Naatia Verses are a beautiful combination of traditional and nontraditional contents. He was the first poet who described the scientific implications of Mairaaj in many of his poems, verses and couplets. Under the influence of Muhammad Iqbal, a new type of Naat writing started. Especially during the past four or five decades, poets started describing the greatness of prophethood, the grandeur of being a mankind and the marvellous mysteries of miracles in a way inspired by theories, concepts and ideas based on scientific knowledge. In this article, an effort has been made as to how the essence of this modern age penetrated the contents of modern Naat. Modern Urdu literature, concerning Naat-e-Rasool (P.B.U.H), is a beautiful combination of faithfulness and unprecedented literary values. In this era, the scientific approach and the nobility of the subject matter are the natural beauty of this genera. Now modern Naat is no less than Ghazal or any other genera regarding usage of literary devices and modern sensibility.