Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Dahriyat
दहरियत
said dah-ri-YAT
also written: dahriyyat, materialist atheism, dahriyat, naturalism
Meaning
The doctrine that only eternal matter/time (dahr) exists, with no God — materialist atheism. Iqbal saw it as the philosophical creed of an irreligious modern science.
Related words
ARABIC
Maddiyat
Materialism; the doctrine that matter is all. Iqbal held it the root malady of modern Western civilization — vast in power over things, blind to spirit and the self.
ARABIC
Ilhad
Atheism, godlessness, heresy. Iqbal identified ilhad as the hidden core of triumphant modern materialism — a denial of God that hollows out civilization even as it builds machines.
ARABIC
La-Deeniyat
Secularism / irreligion; the divorce of life and politics from faith. Iqbal saw the separation of religion from the state as a peculiarly Western disease alien to Islam's vision of a unified life.