Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue

Iffat

इफ़्फ़त

said IF-fat

also written: ismat, iffat

Meaning

Chastity, purity, moral continence and abstinence from the forbidden.

Usage & notes

Iffat belongs to the cluster of purities Iqbal honours in the upright soul; moral continence guards the self's dignity against the appetites that scatter it.

Related words

ARABIC

Haya

Modesty, bashful sense of shame, the inner restraint that recoils from the unseemly.

PERSIAN

Paakeezgi

Purity, cleanliness of body and soul, freedom from defilement.

ARABIC

Taqwa

God-consciousness, pious restraint, the careful awe that guards one from wrongdoing.

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