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Kaif

कैफ़
Meaning

Ecstasy, intoxication, a state of blissful rapture.

How Iqbal uses it

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See it in the verse

Kaif in Iqbal’s couplets

Sai-e-paiham hai taraazu-e-kam-o-kaif-e-hayat
Teri mizan hai shumar-e-sahar-o-sham abhi
Ceaseless striving is the true scale for the measure and quality of a life; you, so far, still weigh life by the count of mornings and evenings.
Action · Aspiration · Restlessness
Related words
ARABIC

Sarur

Rapture, exhilaration, a gentle intoxicating joy.

PERSIAN

Masti

Intoxication, ecstatic abandon; the joyous drunkenness of love or spirit.

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