Definition of "naat" [naat]

• Poetry in praise of the prophet Muhammad (noun)

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• "A week ago last Thursday, the 13-year-old Christian girl was sitting an Urdu exam which involved a poem about the prophet Muhammad when she dropped a dot on the Urdu word naat a devotional hymn to the prophet, accidentally turning it into lanaat, or damnation."
• "A naat is a song in praise of the Prophet Muhammad."
• "The opening hamd is traditionally followed by a naat."