History of Naat | Naat AcademyHistory of Naat Sohail Ahmed Siddiqui All Rights Reserved © THE ORIGIN of NA’AAT The very word, Na’aat is Arabic, meaning ‘praise, admiration or eulogizing’. While distinguishing the Na’at from a similar Arabic word, ‘WASF’, renowned scholar, Ibn Atheer said, “Na’aat is the description of good qualities (or merits) only, unless, otherwise, someone quotes it, as an exception, in negative sense; while WASF may be used for both merits & demerits. (Ref. An-Nihaya fea Ghareeb-ul-Hadith-wal-Athr, Ibn