Word Meaning
ता'अत
taa'at
hinoun
Meaning
Obedience, religious devotion, divine worship, or submission to God.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry and Sufi tradition, 'taa'at' denotes pious obedience and religious devotion offered to the Divine. In the cited couplet, it refers to selfless worship, which the poet insists must be free from transactional motives such as the longing for paradise's pleasures like wine and honey.
Etymology
Arabic طَاعَة (ṭāʿah), from the triconsonantal root ط-و-ع (ṭ-w-ʿ) meaning obedience, submission, or yielding.
Usage
In ghazal poetry, it is often contrasted with love (ishq) or criticized when performed merely for the transactional reward of paradise rather than genuine divine love.
Examples
Devotion free from the hope of reward
Life spent in constant prayer and ta'at
Synonyms
इबादतबंदगीफ़रमाँबरदारीपरस्तिश
Related Words
मुती'ता'अत-गुज़ारइता'अतज़ुहद