Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Sada

सदा

Meaning

Voice, sound, or echo.

How Iqbal uses it

Sada is the voice that travels and the echo that answers; Iqbal listened for the call that returns from the cosmos to the seeking heart. He used it for the resonance between the self and what lies beyond.

See it in the verse

Sada in Iqbal’s couplets

Ye kaenat abhi na-tamam hai shayad
Ki aa rahi hai damadam sada-e-kun-fayakun

This universe is, perhaps, still unfinished — for the call of 'Be, and it is' keeps sounding, moment after moment.

Hope · Aspiration · Action

Related words

PERSIAN

Nawa

Sound, melody, song, or the impassioned cry of a bird or poet.

PERSIAN

Baang

A cry, call, or loud sound; especially the call to prayer or the cock's crow.

PERSIAN

Shor

Clamour, tumult, loud noise; uproar.

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