Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Kismat
किस्मत
said KIS-mat
also written: qismat, kismet
Meaning
Fate, destiny, one's portion in life.
Literally: Arabic qismah: a division, an allotted share.
Usage & notes
Kismat names the apportioned destiny that fatalism tells men to accept; Iqbal answers that the believer is not the slave of his kismat but its maker, for action transforms what seems foreordained.