Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Be-niyaazi

बेनियाज़ी
said be-ni-yaa-zee
also written: be-niyaazi, beniyazi, bey-niyazi
Meaning

Indifference and freedom from need, the proud heart's serene aloofness from want or supplication.

Literally: freedom from need, sovereign independence

Usage & notes

Be-niyaazi is the state of needing nothing from anyone — a lofty independence that owes no debt and asks no favour. Iqbal makes it a divine attribute that the realised self should mirror: the free man stands in such inner abundance that the powerful have no hold over him. He sets this proud self-sufficiency against the neediness that breeds servility, treating it as the crown of faqr.