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Murawwat

मुरव्वत
said mu-raw-wat
Meaning

Considerateness, humane civility, fellow-feeling and decency.

How Iqbal uses it

The gracious human decency that makes one yield and accommodate others; a prized social virtue whose loss Iqbal laments in modern times.

See it in the verse

Murawwat in Iqbal’s couplets

Hai dil ke liye maut machinon ki hukumat
Ehsaas-e-muravvat ko kuchal dete hain aalat
The rule of machines is death for the heart — the instruments crush the very feeling of human kindness.
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Shafqat

Tender affection, kindly compassion, fatherly fondness.

ARABIC

Sahaarat

Nobility of character, gentlemanly decency, honourable conduct.

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Reham

Mercy, compassion, pity, tenderness.

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