Maat

Maat or Ma'at was the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation. Her ideological counterpart was Isfet.

The earliest surviving records indicating that Maat is the norm for nature and society, in this world and the next, were recorded during the Old Kingdom, the earliest substantial surviving examples being found in the Pyramid Texts of Unas (ca. 2375 BCE and 2345 BCE).

Later, as a goddess in other traditions of the Egyptian pantheon, where most goddesses were paired with a male aspect, her masculine counterpart was Thoth, as their attributes are similar. In other accounts, Thoth was paired off with Seshat, goddess of writing and measure, who is a lesser known deity.

After her role in creation and continuously preventing the universe from returning to chaos, her primary role in Egyptian mythology dealt with the weighing of souls (also called the weighing of the heart) that took place in the underworld, Duat. Her feather was the measure that determined whether the souls (considered to reside in the heart) of the departed would reach the paradise of afterlife successfully.

Maat (disambiguation)

Ma'at or Maat is an Egyptian goddess and concept.

Maat may also refer to:

People with the surname Maat:

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Maat (TV series)

Maat (Urdu: مات‎) (meaning defeat) was a Pakistani teledrama broadcast on Hum TV which premiered on 9 September 2011. The drama is based on an Urdu novel of the same name by Umera Ahmed. Maat's last episode was telecasted on 24 February 2012. It is the thirteenth highest-rated Pakistani television series.

Maat was also aired in India on Zindagi under the title Maat, premiering on 19 July 2014. The shows ended its run in India on 12 August 2014. It has again been show three more times in India due to its popularity.

Plot

Saman (Saba Qamar) and Aiman (Aamina Sheikh) are shown as two sisters who belong to a lower-middle-class family and live with their mother. Aiman believes in the fundamentals of contentment, sacrifice and, compassion and always upholds them as her guiding force. She is very kind, polite and deeply respects her mother and elders. Saman, who is younger than Aiman, is overambitious and has no scruples when it comes to making it big in life. She believes she can give maat (defeat) to anyone at anytime. Faisal (Adnan Siddiqui), Aiman and Saman's cousin, wishes to marry Saman, as he thinks she is more beautiful compared to her older sister who he is engaged to. He breaks the engagement and proposes to Saman. However, Saman refuses to marry her cousin and wishes to marry someone who is rich. So, Faisal's mother decides to get him and Aiman engaged again. Soon, as Faisal progresses at his standing in business and earns more salary, his financial situation improves and he renovates his house, buys a car, and so on. Saman becomes very jealous as she sees her sister's fiance become more and more like the "perfect husband" that she dreamed of having. She demands that Aiman and Faisal's engagement be broken as Faisal first meant to marry her, not Aiman. Faisal happily breaks his engagement and is even more eager to marry Saman. Aiman does not reveal that she has feelings for Faisal as she watches him and Saman get married.