Persian · phrase · Struggle & the Sword
Mauj-e-Hawadis
मौज-ए-हवादिस
said mauj-e-ha-waa-dis
also written: mauj e hawadis, mauje hawadis, mauj-e-hawaadis
Meaning
The wave of misfortunes; the surging tide of calamities that batters the soul.
Literally: mauj (wave) + hawadis (accidents, calamities)
See it in the verse
Mauj-e-Hawadis 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