Soaz
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Soaz or soz is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his comrades of the Karbala
. In its form the soaz, salam and marsia, with a rhyming quatrain, and a couplet on a different rhyme. This form found a specially congenial soil in Lucknow
(a city in Northern India), chiefly because it was the centre of Shia Muslim
community, which regarded it an act of piety and religious duty to eulogise and bemoan the martyrs of the battle of Karbala. The form reached its peak in the writing of Mir Babar Ali Anis
. Soaz is written to commemorate the martyrdom of Ahl al-Bayt
, Imam Hussain and Battle of Karbala
. The sub-parts of marsia can be called noha
and soz
which means lamentation and burning of (heart) respectively.
Karbala
Karbala is a city in Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people ....
. In its form the soaz, salam and marsia, with a rhyming quatrain, and a couplet on a different rhyme. This form found a specially congenial soil in Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
(a city in Northern India), chiefly because it was the centre of Shia Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
community, which regarded it an act of piety and religious duty to eulogise and bemoan the martyrs of the battle of Karbala. The form reached its peak in the writing of Mir Babar Ali Anis
Mir Babar Ali Anis
Mir Babbar Ali Anees was a renowned Urdu poet. He was born in Faizabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1803 and died in 1874....
. Soaz is written to commemorate the martyrdom of Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt is an Arabic phrase literally meaning People of the House, or family of the House. The phrase "ahl al-bayt" was used in Arabia before the advent of Islam to refer to one's clan, and would be adopted by the ruling family of a tribe. Within the Islamic tradition, the term refers to the...
, Imam Hussain and Battle of Karbala
Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10, in the year 61 of the Islamic calendar in Karbala, in present day Iraq. On one side of the highly uneven battle were a small group of supporters and relatives of Muhammad's grandson Husain ibn Ali, and on the other was a large military detachment...
. The sub-parts of marsia can be called noha
Noha
Noha is a genre of Arabic, Persian, or Urdu prose depicting the martyrdom of the Holy Imams. Strictly speaking noha is the sub-parts of Marsia. Nohas are usually poetry expressing the sorrow felt by Shia Muslims for their leaders....
and soz
Soz
Soz may refer to:*Soz, a slang word for sorry*Soaz, a genre of poetry in Persian and Urdu*Sozh, or Sož River, in Belarus*Saifuddin Soz, cabinet minister in India...
which means lamentation and burning of (heart) respectively.
External links
- Soazkhwani by Professor Sibte Jafar Zaidi
- Soazkhwani by Syed Imon Rizvi
- Soaz by Sibte Jaffer
- Nohey, Soazkhwani, Salam, Marsiya and Manqabat
- Soazkhwani by Syed Muhammad Ali Naqvi
- Soazkhwani by Majid Raza Abidi
- Soazkhwani by Azimul Mohsin
- Soazkhwani by Hasan Abid Jaffery
- Soazkhwani by Abid Hussain Alwari
- Babulilm Students Society Malir Karachi
- AZADARI IMAM HUSSAIN (AS)
- Audio Soazkhwani Links
- Soazkhwani by Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi
- A Soazkhwani Classic by Syed Aftab Ali Kazmi