Meaning
Intoxication, rapture; the state of ecstatic absorption produced by the wine of love.
Literally: drunkenness, intoxication
Usage & notes
Masti, for Iqbal, is the rapture that fuels great deeds rather than the stupor that dulls them. He prizes a divine intoxication that heightens awareness and stirs the self to creative action.
Related words
PERSIAN
Sarmasti
Utter intoxication, the rapturous abandon of one drunk with love.
PERSIAN
Khumaar
The languor or after-effect of wine; the lingering, heavy-eyed glow of intoxication, often a sign of longing.
ARABIC
Surur
Joyful exhilaration; the pleasant rising glow of intoxication and ecstatic delight.
ARABIC
Sukr
Spiritual intoxication; in Sufi terminology, the ecstatic state of absorption in the Divine, contrasted with sobriety (sahw).