Meaning
One who is wronged or oppressed; the victim of tyranny.
Literally: the oppressed; one who is wronged
Usage & notes
The mazloom is the oppressed one, the victim of zulm. Iqbal stands consistently with the mazloom, the colonised, the peasant, the labourer, and rouses them to claim their dignity rather than accept their wronging as fate. Their cry, he holds, is heard in heaven even when the earth ignores it.
Related words
ARABIC
Zalim
A tyrant or oppressor; one who wrongs others. Also, in verse, the cruel beloved.
ARABIC
Zulm
Oppression, injustice, cruelty; the beloved's tyranny or any wrong done.
ARABIC
Zaalim
Cruel one, tyrant; affectionate-reproachful name for the merciless beloved.
PERSIAN
Dehqaan
A peasant, farmer, tiller of the soil.