Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Deed

दीद

Meaning

Sight, the act of seeing or beholding the beloved.

How Iqbal uses it

A terser cousin of deedaar, deed names the bare act of vision prized by the lover. It belongs to the same Sufi vocabulary of seeing the Beloved that Iqbal draws on.

See it in the verse

Deed in Iqbal’s couplets

Mana ki teri deed ke qabil nahin hoon main
Tu mera shauq dekh mera intizar dekh

Granted, I am not yet worthy of the sight of you — but look at my longing, look at how I wait.

Humility · Love · Aspiration

Related words

PERSIAN

Deedaar

The sight or vision of the beloved; a longed-for beholding.

ARABIC

Nazar / Nigah

Gaze, vision, insight — the discerning eye.

ARABIC

Nazzaara

A spectacle, view, or sight beheld with longing or wonder.

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