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Shor

शोर

said SHOR

also written: Shor-o-ghaugha

Meaning

Colloquial: noise, din, clamour ('shor machana').

Literally: clamour; noise; outcry

How Iqbal uses it

Shor is clamour or outcry, the sound of agitation. In Iqbal's idiom a rightful shor, the raised voice of a wronged or awakening people, is preferable to a deathly quiet. He prizes the restless cry over the comfortable hush of servitude.

See it in the verse

Shor in Iqbal’s couplets

Digar-gun hai jahan taron ki gardish tez hai saqi
Dil-e-har-zarra mein ghaugha-e-rusta-khez hai saqi

The world is changing, the wheeling of the stars is swift; in the heart of every atom there is the tumult of a rising.

Awakening · Hope · Restlessness

Related words

URDU

Raula

Colloquial (Punjabi-Hindi): a din, uproar, noisy fuss ('raula paa'ta').

PERSIAN

Hangama

Colloquial: a commotion, uproar, noisy scene or fuss.

PERSIAN

Nawa

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

ARABIC

Fitna

Mischief, sedition, an alluring trouble; the beloved as a beguiling source of turmoil.

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