Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue
Hamiyat
हमियत
said ha-mi-YAT
also written: hamiyat, hamiyyat, hameeyat
Meaning
Zeal, protective pride, a spirited defence of honour or cause.
Literally: zealous protectiveness, partisan sense of honour
Usage & notes
Hamiyat is the zealous protectiveness that rises to defend one's faith, people, or honour. Close kin to ghairat, it names the fervour that cannot stand by while what one holds dear is attacked. Iqbal prizes this defensive ardour as a sign of a living commitment and laments its decay among the heedless, treating the readiness to stand up for one's own as part of an awakened communal self.