''Hazrat, , ,'' or ' ( ar, حَضْرَة, ḥaḍra,
pl.
PL, P.L., Pl, or .pl may refer to:
Businesses and organizations Government and political
* Partit Laburista, a Maltese political party
* Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006), a Brazilian political party
* Liberal Party (Moldova), a Moldovan political p ...
''ḥaḍrāt'';
Persian: pronounced or ) is a common Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Iranian, Afghan, and honorific Arabic and Turkish title used to honour a person. It literally denotes and translates to "presence, appearance."
Usage
Initially, the title was used for the prophets of the Islamic faith: the
twenty-five great Hadhrats include
Muhammad,
Abraham,
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
,
Moses
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...
, and
Jesus. It carries connotations of the
charismatic
Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects.
Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "ch ...
and is comparable to traditional Western honorifics addressing high officials, such as "
Your Honour" (for judges), "
Your Majesty" (for monarchs), or "
Your Holiness" (for clerics). This word may sometimes also appear after the names of respected Muslim personalities, such as
imams, e.g. Turkish ('his Hadrat') in Islamic culture. This is similar to the
French honorifics and , and
Japanese honorific . The term was also loaned into
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
and
Bosnian as .
References
Titles
Islamic honorifics
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