Urdu Dictionary

Arabic · noun · Struggle & the Sword

Talab (seeking)

तलब

said ta-LAB

also written: talab, taleb

Meaning

Seeking, quest, demand or yearning.

Literally: a seeking, request

See it in the verse

Talab (seeking) in Iqbal’s couplets

Dil-e-bina bhi kar khuda se talab
Aankh ka nuur dil ka nuur nahin

Ask also for a seeing heart; the light of the eye is not the light of the heart.

Self-Knowledge · Awakening

Related words

Rah-e-Talab

The road of seeking; the path the seeker treads toward the goal of love or truth.

Justuju

Search, quest, seeking.

Maqsad

Aim, purpose, or objective.

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