Arabic · noun · Selfhood & Will
Jidd-o-jahd
जिद्द-ओ-जहद
said jidd-o-JAHD
also written: jidd o jahd, jad-o-jahad
Meaning
Strenuous struggle, hard sustained effort against obstacles.
Literally: A doubling of jidd (earnestness) and jahd (exertion): utmost striving.
Usage & notes
Struggle is the very texture of Iqbal's vital cosmos; jidd-o-jahd is how the ego tempers and proves itself, since life without struggle is for him a kind of death.