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Hush-dar-Dam

हुश-दर-दम
said HOSH-dar-DAM
also written: hosh-dar-dam
Meaning

'Awareness in the breath' — the Naqshbandi practice of keeping conscious remembrance of God with every breath.

Literally: awareness in the breath

See it in the verse

Hush-dar-Dam in Iqbal’s couplets

Door duniya ka mere dam se andhera ho jaye
Har jagah mere chamakne se ujala ho jaye
May the world's darkness be dispelled by my being; may every place be lit by my shining.
Aspiration · Hope · Youth
Ho mere dam se yunhi watan ki zeenat
Jis tarah phool se hoti hai chaman ki zeenat
Let my country be adorned by me, as a garden is adorned by its flowers.
Aspiration · Youth · Action
Gesu-e-tabdar ko aur bhi tabdar kar
Hosh-o-khirad shikar kar qalb-o-nazar shikar kar
Make the radiant tresses more radiant still — capture sense and reason, hunt down the heart and the eye.
Love · Aspiration · Restlessness
Ishq dam-e-Jibreel ishq dam-e-Mustafa
Ishq Khuda ka Rasool ishq Khuda ka kalaam
Love is the breath of Gabriel, love the breath of the Prophet; love is the messenger of God, love is the Word of God.
Love · Aspiration
Uthho meri duniya ke ghareebon ko jaga do
Kakh-e-umara ke dar-o-deewar hila do
Rise, and awaken the poor of my world — shake the doors and the walls of the mansions of the privileged.
Justice · Action
Tere seene mein dam hai, dil nahin hai
Tera dam garmi-e-mahfil nahin hai
There is breath in your chest, but no heart. Your breath carries none of the warmth that lights up a gathering.
Awakening · Selfhood · Love
Related words
ARABIC

Zikr

Remembrance of God through the repetition of His names or sacred formulas, aloud or silently.

ARABIC

Muraqaba

Sufi meditation, the watchful contemplative vigilance of the heart in the awareness of God.

PERSIAN

Naqshbandi

A Sufi order emphasising silent remembrance and adherence to the sacred law, influential in India through Mujaddid Alf Sani.

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