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Bu'd

बुअ्द
said BUUD
also written: Bud
Meaning

Spiritual distance and separation from God, the opposite of nearness.

Literally: distance, remoteness

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal turns the pang of distance into a goad, for the ache of separation drives the self onward toward its source.

See it in the verse

Bu'd in Iqbal’s couplets

Gulzar-e-hast-o-bud na begana-war dekh
Hai dekhne ki cheez ise bar bar dekh
Do not look at the garden of existence like a stranger — it is a thing worth seeing; look at it again and again.
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Related words
ARABIC

Qurb

Nearness, proximity; closeness to God.

ARABIC

Hijr

Separation from the beloved; the pain of parting.

ARABIC

Firaaq

Separation, parting from the beloved.

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