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Maqamaat

मक़ामात
said ma-qaa-MAAT
also written: Maqamat
Meaning

The successive stations of spiritual attainment a seeker earns through effort on the Sufi path.

Literally: stations (plural of maqam)

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal treats the maqamat as rungs of self-mastery rather than steps toward self-loss, each station consolidating the ego rather than dissolving it.

See it in the verse

Maqamaat in Iqbal’s couplets

Agar kho gaya ek nasheman to kya gham
Maqamat-e-aah-o-faghan aur bhi hain
If one nest has been lost — what is there to grieve? There are other stations of sighing and lament still ahead.
Adversity · Hope · Restlessness
Related words
ARABIC

Manzil / Maqam

Destination, goal; (maqam) a stage, station or rank on the way.

ARABIC

Ahwaal

Conditions or states (plural of haal), the successive spiritual states that pass over the seeker's heart.

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