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Persian · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Darveshi

दरवेशी
Meaning

The dervish life; poverty, humility and spiritual detachment.

How Iqbal uses it

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See it in the verse

Darveshi in Iqbal’s couplets

Yaqeen paida kar ai nadan yaqeen se haath aati hai
Wo darveshi ki jis ke samne jhukti hai faghfoori
Cultivate conviction, O foolish one — for it is conviction that wins you the dervish's freedom, the kind before which even imperial majesty bows.
Courage · Selfhood · Freedom
Related words
ARABIC

Faqr

Spiritual poverty; the dervish's chosen detachment from wealth and power.

PERSIAN

Qalandari

The free, unfettered spirit of the wandering dervish; joyous spiritual independence.

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