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Iztiraab

इज़्तिराब
also written: Iztirab, Izteraab
Meaning

Restlessness, agitation, anxiety.

How Iqbal uses it

Iztiraab is the productive restlessness Iqbal celebrates, the agitation of a self in motion toward its goal; he prizes this creative unrest over the dead calm of contentment and makes it a sign of life.

See it in the verse

Iztiraab in Iqbal’s couplets

Khuda tujhe kisi toofan se aashna kar de
Ki tere bahr ki maujon mein iztirab nahin
May God acquaint you with some storm — for the waves of your sea carry no restlessness in them.
Restlessness · Adversity
Related words
PERSIAN

Beqaraari

Restlessness; want of repose, disquiet.

PERSIAN

Bechaini

Uneasiness, restlessness, disquiet.

SANSKRIT

Tarap

Writhing, throbbing; restless yearning or anguish.

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