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Hairat-zada

हैरत-ज़दा
said hai-rat-za-DA
Meaning

Struck with wonder; dumbfounded, lost in astonishment.

Literally: wonder-stricken

How Iqbal uses it

The soul stunned into stillness before a marvel or a mystery; hairat-zada is the speechless awe of one who beholds what reason cannot grasp.

See it in the verse

Hairat-zada in Iqbal’s couplets

Aankh jo kuchh dekhti hai lab pe aa sakta nahin
Mahv-e-hairat hoon ki duniya kya se kya ho jaegi
What the eye sees cannot be brought to the lips; I am lost in wonder at what this world is about to become.
Awakening · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Hairat

Wonder, astonishment, or bewilderment, the heart stilled and struck by the marvellous.

ARABIC

hairaan

Astonished; bewildered; perplexed.

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