Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Abadiyat
अबदियत
said a-ba-di-YAT
also written: abdiyat
Meaning
Eternity, everlasting future duration.
Literally: Arabic abad (endless future time) + abstract suffix: endlessness.
Usage & notes
Abadiyat is unending time stretching into the infinite future; Iqbal contrasts the world's perishable hours with the abadiyat that the immortalized self may attain.