Persian · noun · Struggle & the Sword
Mauj-e-hawaadis
मौज-ए-हवादिस
said mauj-e-ha-WAA-dis
Meaning
The wave of misfortunes; the surge of life's troubles breaking over one.
Literally: wave of accidents
How Iqbal uses it
The buffeting swell of calamity in the sea of life; the steady soul learns to ride each mauj-e-hawaadis without being capsized.
See it in the verse
Mauj-e-hawaadis in Iqbal’s couplets
Zindagi insaan ki ik dam ke siva kuch bhi nahin
Dam hawa ki mauj hai ram ke siva kuch bhi nahin
Dam hawa ki mauj hai ram ke siva kuch bhi nahin
A human life is nothing more than a single breath — and that breath is a wave of air, nothing but a fleeting movement.
Humility · Awakening · Action
Nigah paida kar ai ghafil tajalli ain-e-fitrat hai
Ki apni mauj se begana rah sakta nahin dariya
Ki apni mauj se begana rah sakta nahin dariya
Cultivate vision, O heedless one, for radiance is the very nature of things; a river cannot stay a stranger to its own wave.
Awakening · Self-Knowledge · Selfhood