Arabic · noun · Love & Longing

Shauq

शौक़
said SHAUQ
also written: shauq-e, shouq
Meaning

Ardor, eager longing, the keen desire that drives the lover toward the beloved.

Literally: ardent desire, eager longing, zeal

How Iqbal uses it

Shauq is ardent longing — the eager, almost joyful desire that pulls the lover toward the beloved, hotter and more forward-leaning than wistful hasrat. It is yearning with momentum, the appetite of the heart for the face it loves. Iqbal especially prizes shauq as a life-force: the zeal and ardor that will not let the self rest, the burning eagerness that drives the soul on its quest and makes longing itself a kind of energy.