Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue

Amaanat

अमानत
said a-MAA-nat
also written: amanat, amaanah, the trust
Meaning

A trust, something held in safekeeping; trustworthiness in honouring what is entrusted.

Literally: From the root a-m-n: that which is given over in trust.

Usage & notes

Anything held in trust, and supremely the "Trust" of the Quran (33:72) which the heavens, earth and mountains declined but which humankind accepted — usually read as moral responsibility, free will and the burden of vicegerency. Iqbal exalts this acceptance: by taking up the amaanat that creation feared, the human being claimed a unique destiny of freedom and accountability, the very ground of khudi and khilafat.