Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Deedar

दीदार
said dee-DAAR
also written: didar, deedaar, Didar, Didaar
Meaning

The sight or vision of the beloved's face; the blessing of beholding the loved one.

Literally: sight; vision; beholding

Usage & notes

The longed-for vision or beholding of the Beloved, and in religious usage the vision of God. It overlaps with the theological debate over ru'yat (whether God can be seen). In the poetic tradition Iqbal inherits, deedar is the summit of the lover's desire; he tends to read this yearning to behold as a spur to striving and nearness rather than as a passive, consuming absorption.