Urdu Dictionary

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Surur

सुरूर

said su-roor

also written: suroor, sur-oor

Meaning

Joyful exhilaration; the pleasant rising glow of intoxication and ecstatic delight.

Literally: delight; the pleasant glow of wine

How Iqbal uses it

Surur is the soft inner glow of pleasure — the gentle elation that wine brings — and in Sufi verse the quiet joy that suffuses the heart touched by divine love. It is the warmth of grace rather than its storm, the serene side of intoxication. The word names love as a deep, suffusing gladness that needs no outward riot to be real.

See it in the verse

Surur in Iqbal’s couplets

Tera imam be-huzoor teri namaz be-suroor
Aisi namaz se guzar aise imam se guzar

Your prayer-leader is without presence, your prayer without rapture — move past such a prayer, move past such a leader.

Awakening · Courage · Freedom

Khudi ho ilm se mohkam to ghairat-e-Jibril
Agar ho ishq se mohkam to soor-e-Israfil

A selfhood made firm by knowledge can rival the angel of revelation; a selfhood made firm by love can rival the trumpet that wakes the world.

Selfhood · Love · Action

Ilm mein bhi suroor hai lekin
Ye wo jannat hai jis mein hoor nahin

There is a certain delight in knowledge too — but it is a paradise without companions.

Self-Knowledge · Love · Humility

Related words

Masti

Intoxication, ecstatic abandon; the joyous drunkenness of love or spirit.

Khumaar

The languor and heaviness after wine; the drowsy intoxication of the beloved's eyes.

Nasha

Intoxication, the giddy rapture of wine or love.

Sarshaari

Brimming intoxication, the state of being overflowing or soaked with rapture and fullness.

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