Arabic · noun · Selfhood & Will

Jurat

जुरअत

said JUR-at

also written: jur'at, jurrat

Meaning

Boldness, daring, the audacity to act in the face of danger or convention.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal celebrates the daring that breaks idols of custom and questions even heaven; jurat is the courage of the free ego that refuses servile timidity.

See it in the verse

Jurat in Iqbal’s couplets

Use subh-e-azal inkar ki jurat hui kyunkar
Mujhe malum kya wo raaz-dan tera hai ya mera

How did he find the daring to refuse at the dawn of time? How would I know whose confidant he is, yours or mine.

Courage · Selfhood

Related words

PERSIAN

Dileri

Bravery, stout-heartedness, fearless conduct.

PERSIAN

Bahaduri

Valour, bravery, gallant conduct in struggle.

ARABIC

Shujaat

Courage, valour, heroic bravery as a settled virtue of character.

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