eulogy / elegies

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:salam2:

What is it? What’s different between eulogy / elegies?

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eulogy is a word of praise for a deceased person
elegy is a poetic praise for a deceased person.

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:wsalam:

Eulogy: e.g. “Naat” (Khushi/Tareef Ke Alfaaz/Geet)

Elegies: e.g. “Noha” (Gham Ke Geet)

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na’t to sirf Huzoor [saws] kii shaan meN kahii jaatii hai…kisii aam insaan ke liye nahiiN…eoligy nasrii hotii hai umooman jab k elegy manzoom

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i wrote example before Naat :@: and in brackets the (Istlahi) meaning of eulogy :)

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Marsiya o Noha

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Both are written in remembrance of the deceased.

Elegies are the more depressing, lamenting versions of poetry that praise and miss the dead.

Eulogies praise or appreciate the dead without necessarily turning it into poetry [might as well be a letter].

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This, used by whom?

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Used in all cultures. Were popular in Arabs before and after Islam.

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Exmaple plz

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After defeat in Ghazwa e Badr, at the time of Uhad, Kuffar e Makkah came in field with their women singing/ uttering eulogies for those who were killed in Ghazwa Badr to instigate their relatives and friends for revenge.

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