Sanskrit · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Bair

बैर

also written: Ber, Vair

Meaning

Enmity, hostility, grudge.

How Iqbal uses it

In Tarana-e-Hindi Iqbal declares that religion does not teach the keeping of bair among ourselves, making mutual enmity a betrayal of both faith and the shared homeland.

See it in the verse

Bair in Iqbal’s couplets

Mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna
Hindi hain hum, watan hai Hindostan hamara

Religion does not teach us to hold enmity among ourselves. We are of Hind, and Hindustan is our homeland.

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Related words

ARABIC

Adaawat

Enmity, hostility, rancorous opposition.

PERSIAN

Dushmani

Enmity, hostility, the state of being enemies.

ARABIC

Bughz

Malice, rancour, hatred; concealed enmity.

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