Khamoshi

Silence, stillness, the state of being quiet.

Literally: silence, stillness of speech

Khamoshi is silence — and Iqbal reads it on a moral edge. There is a dignified, gathering silence of the deep self that speaks only with purpose, and there is a silence of cowardice and resignation that he condemns. He summons the heedless out of the silence of spiritual sleep, while honouring the contained quiet of a soul that holds its fire until the moment to speak or act has come.