Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History
Dozakh
दोज़ख़
said DO-zakh
also written: Dozakh, Jahannam
Meaning
Hell; the abode of fire and punishment for the wicked in Islamic belief.
Usage & notes
Iqbal invokes dozakh as the fate of the self that wastes its God-given powers, the fire kindled by one's own deeds. He treats heaven and hell less as places than as the harvest of a life's striving or sloth.