Arabic · noun, masculine · People & Roles
Dahriya
दहरिया
said dah-ri-ya
also written: Dahri
Meaning
A materialist or atheist who believes only in dahr (eternal time/the world) and denies the divine.
Literally: one of (eternal) time, materialist
Usage & notes
The dahriya, who reduces all to material time, represents the worldview Iqbal most resists, the denial of spirit and the higher self. He answers such materialism with his vision of an ascending, God-ward selfhood.