Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Lamha

लम्हा
said LAM-ha
also written: lamha
Meaning

A moment, an instant.

Literally: Arabic lamhah: a glance, the blink of an eye.

Usage & notes

The single lamha is charged with possibility in Iqbal's vision of creative time; the living ego can pack eternity into a moment when it acts with full intensity.