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Soaz or soz ( Persian and Urdu : سوز) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the honor of Husain ibn Ali and his family and companions in the battle of Karbala . In its form the soaz, salam and Marsiya are similar, each consisting of 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 center of the Shia Muslim community, which regarded it an act of piety and religious duty to eulogize and bemoan the martyrs of the battle of Karbala. The form reached its peak in the writing of Mir Babar Ali Anis . A soaz is written to commemorate the honor of the Ahl al-Bayt , Imam Hussain and the Battle of Karbala . The sub-parts of Marsiya can be called noha and soz , which mean the lamentation and the burning of the heart, respectively. People who recite soaz are known as soazkhawan.
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Soaz or soz ( Persian / Urdu : سوز) 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.
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Soaz or soz ( Persian and Urdu : سوز) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the honor of Husain ibn Ali and his family and Sahabah in the battle of Karbala .In its form the soaz, salam and Marsiya , 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 center of Shia Muslim community, which regarded it an act of piety and religious duty to eulogies and bemoan the person who killed in the battle of Karbala. The form reached its peak in the writing of Mir Babar Ali Anis . A soaz is written to commemorate the honor of Ahl al-Bayt , Imam Hussain and Battle of Karbala .The sub-parts of Marsiya can be called Noha and soz which means the lamentation and burning of (heart) respectively.People who recite soaz are known as soazkhawan .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of hazrat imam hussain and his comrades of the kar”. Today it says “elegiac poem written to commemorate the honor of husain ibn ali and his family and companions in the battle of”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of hazrat imam hussain and his comrades of the kar”. Today it says “elegiac poem written to commemorate the honor of husain ibn ali and his family and companions in the battle of”. Read the current article and compare.
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elegiac poem written to commemorate the martyrdom and valour of hazrat imam hussain and his comrades of the kar
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elegiac poem written to commemorate the honor of husain ibn ali and his family and companions in the battle of
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