Meaning
The rapture of a spiritual state, the gladdening intoxication that fills the heart in a moment of transport.
Literally: the ecstasy of the state
How Iqbal uses it
Surur-e-haal joins the heart's joy to the mystic state that occasions it, the swelling delight of a soul touched by grace. It is the felt sweetness of a spiritual moment, ecstasy lived in the immediacy of the present.
See it in the verse
Surur-e-haal in Iqbal’s couplets
Tera imam be-huzoor teri namaz be-suroor
Aisi namaz se guzar aise imam se guzar
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
Ilm mein bhi suroor hai lekin
Ye wo jannat hai jis mein hoor nahin
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