Meaning
Wisdom; the deep design or rationale behind things.
How Iqbal uses it
The hidden order of creation. Everything is made by God's power, and nothing in the workshop of nature is worthless — that “bigness and smallness” is His hikmat, His wisdom, not an accident.
See it in the verse
Hikmat in Iqbal’s couplets
Har ek chiz se paida khuda ki qudrat hai
Koi baDa koi chhoTa ye us ki hikmat hai
Koi baDa koi chhoTa ye us ki hikmat hai
Every single thing reveals the power of creation; that one is large and another small is part of its wisdom.
Humility · Self-Knowledge · Hope
Nahin hai chiz nikammi koi zamane mein
Koi bura nahin qudrat ke kar-khane mein
Koi bura nahin qudrat ke kar-khane mein
There is no worthless thing anywhere in the world; nothing is bad in the great workshop of nature.
Humility · Hope · Self-Knowledge