Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Husn-Aaraai

हुस्न-आराई

said husn-aa-raa-ee

also written: Husn-arai

Meaning

The adorning or display of beauty; beautification.

Literally: beauty-adorning

How Iqbal uses it

Husn-aaraai is beauty arraying itself for the eye; in Iqbal's metaphysic of love it echoes the self-display of the Divine Beauty that calls creation into being.

See it in the verse

Husn-Aaraai in Iqbal’s couplets

Ishq bhi ho hijab mein husn bhi ho hijab mein
Ya to khud aashkar ho ya mujhe aashkar kar

Love is veiled and beauty too is veiled; either reveal yourself, or make me one who can be revealed.

Love · Self-Knowledge · Restlessness

Miri mashshatgi ki kya zarurat husn-e-mani ko
Ki fitrat khud-ba-khud karti hai laale ki hina-bandi

What need has true beauty of meaning for my adorning hand? Nature, all on its own, paints the tulip red.

Self-Knowledge · Humility · Action

Related words

ARABIC

Husn

Beauty, comeliness, especially the beauty of the beloved.

PERSIAN

Aaraaish

Adornment, decoration, embellishment.

ARABIC

Jalwa

A radiant appearance, manifestation, or display of beauty or splendour.

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