Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
La-Deeniyat
ला-दीनियत
said laa-dee-ni-YAT
also written: ladeeniyat, secularism, irreligion, la diniyat, ladiniyyat
Meaning
Secularism / irreligion; the divorce of life and politics from faith. Iqbal saw the separation of religion from the state as a peculiarly Western disease alien to Islam's vision of a unified life.
Literally: religionlessness
Related words
ARABIC
Maddiyat
Materialism; the doctrine that matter is all. Iqbal held it the root malady of modern Western civilization — vast in power over things, blind to spirit and the self.
PERSIAN
Tahzeeb-e-Hazir
'Modern / present-day civilization' — the contemporary Western order. Iqbal's standing critique: brilliant in science and machinery, hollow at the centre, having lost God and the soul.
ARABIC
Deen
Religion as a whole, living way of life — deeper than mere creed.