Urdu Dictionary
Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue

Hayaa

हया
said ha-YAA
also written: haya
Meaning

Modesty and shame; a restraining sense of decency esteemed as a branch of faith.

See it in the verse

Hayaa in Iqbal’s couplets

Haya nahin hai zamane ki aankh mein baaqi
Khuda kare ki jawani teri rahe be-daagh
No sense of shame is left in the eye of the age; may God keep your youth unstained.
Youth · Self-Knowledge
Related words
ARABIC

Adab

Spiritual courtesy; the refined comportment and reverent etiquette the seeker observes before God and the master.

ARABIC

Iman

Faith, belief, the conviction of the heart.

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