Meaning
An intimate or confidant admitted to one's secrets; one trusted with the heart's hidden truth.
Literally: one within the sacred/forbidden circle, intimate
Usage & notes
The mahram is the trusted intimate who shares the secret of the heart, and Iqbal often laments that the deepest truths find no mahram to receive them. The figure marks the loneliness of one whose vision outruns his listeners.
Related words
PERSIAN
Naamehram
A stranger or outsider not admitted to one's intimacy; one unfit to share the heart's secret.
PERSIAN
Hamdam
'Intimate companion', one who shares one's very breath.
PERSIAN
Hamnashin
A companion who sits beside one; an associate or fellow at the gathering.
PERSIAN
Raazdaar
A keeper of secrets, a trusted confidant of the lover's heart.