Persian · noun · Struggle & the Sword
Sahil-Nashin
साहिल-नशीं
said SAA-hil-na-SHEEN
also written: sahil-nashin
Meaning
One who sits on the shore; the onlooker who will not risk the sea.
Literally: shore-sitter
How Iqbal uses it
Iqbal scorns the sahil-nashin — the timid shore-dweller — and exalts the one who plunges into the storm.