Meaning
Beauty and splendour; loveliness in its full radiance.
Literally: comeliness and beauty
How Iqbal uses it
The pairing husn-o-jamaal heaps beauty upon beauty for emphasis; in Iqbal the doublet points beyond the beloved toward the splendour of the Divine self-manifestation.
See it in the verse
Husn-o-Jamaal in Iqbal’s couplets
Ishq bhi ho hijab mein husn bhi ho hijab mein
Ya to khud aashkar ho ya mujhe aashkar kar
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
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