Arabic · noun · The Heart & the Body

Ahwaal

अहवाल
said ah-waal
Meaning

Conditions or states (plural of haal), the successive spiritual states that pass over the seeker's heart.

Literally: states, circumstances

How Iqbal uses it

In Sufi usage ahwaal are the transient God-given states, distinct from the lasting stations (maqamat). Iqbal treats the soul's shifting ahwaal as the very pulse of a living, striving self.