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Hifz-e-Maratib

हिफ़्ज़-ए-मरातिब
said HIFZ-e-ma-RAA-tib
also written: hifz maratib
Meaning

The keeping of due ranks; observing the proper order and degrees of things.

See it in the verse

Hifz-e-Maratib in Iqbal’s couplets

Giraanbaha hai to hifz-e-khudi se hai warna
Gauhar mein aab-e-gauhar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
If you are precious, it is from guarding your selfhood; otherwise a pearl is nothing but the lustre that is its own.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge
Giran-baha hai to hifz-e-khudi se hai warna
Guhar mein aab-e-guhar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
If you are precious, it is from guarding your selfhood; otherwise a pearl is nothing but the lustre of a pearl.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Humility
Related words
ARABIC

Adab

Courtesy and right conduct; the refined spiritual etiquette the disciple observes toward God and master.

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