Arabic · adjective · Love & Longing

Fida

फ़िदा
said fi-DAA
also written: fidaa, feda, Fidaa
Meaning

Devoted to the point of sacrifice, ready to give one's life; utterly smitten and self-offering.

Literally: to be sacrificed, devoted utterly to another

How Iqbal uses it

Fida means to be offered up wholly — to give oneself in devotion to a beloved or a cause. In Iqbal it carries the ardour of love that holds nothing back, the self glad to be spent for what it adores. He treats such complete devotion as the temper of the lover, where self-offering is not defeat but the fullest assertion of the heart's loyalty.