Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Nasheb-o-Faraaz

नशेब-ओ-फ़राज़
said na-sheb-o-fa-raaz
Meaning

Ups and downs, height and hollow; the vicissitudes of fortune.

Literally: descent and ascent

Usage & notes

The rise and fall of fortune is the very weather the self must master in Iqbal, neither lifted into pride by the height nor broken by the hollow.