Etymograph

English

hasanat

Hasanat comes from Arabic حَسَنَة ‘good deed’.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَسَنَةḥasana‘good deed’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentحَسَنَاتḥasanātplural of حَسَنَة
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2014hasanat

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentحَسَنَةḥasana‘good deed’
  2. Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentحَسَنَاتḥasanātplural of حَسَنَة
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2014hasanat

Earliest quotation: 2014, Maryam Hedayat, The importance of balance: “If we see through Islamic point of view, every…”

Today it means

noun Credit for good deeds, which Allah weighs up against one's bad deeds at the final judgement after death.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic حَسَنَة / hasanat