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Musibat

मुसीबत
said mu-see-BAT
also written: musibat
Meaning

Calamity, misfortune, affliction.

See it in the verse

Musibat in Iqbal’s couplets

Watan ki fikr kar nadaan, museebat aane wali hai
Teri barbadiyon ke mashware hain aasmanon mein
Think of your homeland, you fool — calamity is on its way; the plans for your ruin are already being drawn up in the skies.
Awakening · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Aafat

Colloquial: a calamity, a heap of trouble; 'aafat aana' = trouble descending.

SANSKRIT

Bala

Sida cordifolia; a strengthening ('bala' = strength) herb used as a nervine and tonic.

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