Persian · noun, masculine · The Tavern & the Cup

Baadah

बादा

said baa-dah

also written: Bada

Meaning

Wine; the classic Persian-poetic term for the intoxicant of divine love.

Literally: wine

How Iqbal uses it

Baadah is among Iqbal's favoured words for the wine of love and spiritual fervour. He repeatedly contrasts the living fire of true baadah with the stale, lifeless religiosity of the preacher.

See it in the verse

Baadah in Iqbal’s couplets

Har ek chiz se paida khuda ki qudrat hai
Koi baDa koi chhoTa ye us ki hikmat hai

Every single thing reveals the power of creation; that one is large and another small is part of its wisdom.

Humility · Self-Knowledge · Hope

Related words

PERSIAN

Mai

Wine; in Sufi poetry, a symbol for the intoxicating love and ecstatic knowledge of the Divine.

ARABIC

Sahba

Wine, especially reddish or aged wine; a poetic synonym for the cup of mystical ecstasy.

PERSIAN

Mai-e-naab

Pure, unmixed wine; the unadulterated draught of mystical love.

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