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Sitam-deeda

सितम-दीदा
said si-tam-DEE-da
Meaning

One who has seen tyranny; an oppressed, ill-used sufferer.

Literally: tyranny-seen

How Iqbal uses it

The victim of cruelty, whether the beloved's or fate's; the sitam-deeda heart carries the marks of every injustice it has borne.

See it in the verse

Sitam-deeda in Iqbal’s couplets

Zahir ki aankh se na tamasha kare koi
Ho dekhna to dida-e-dil va kare koi
Let no one watch the spectacle with the outward eye alone; if you would truly see, open the eye of the heart.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Sitam

Tyranny, oppression; the cruelty inflicted by the beloved.

ARABIC

Mazloom

The oppressed; one wronged by another.

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