Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Tarab

तरब

also written: Tarab-ashna

Meaning

Rapture, ecstatic joy, especially the elation stirred by music.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal links tarab to the listener attuned to inner clamour; true joy belongs to the ear that is intimate with the hidden melody rather than the surface noise.

See it in the verse

Tarab in Iqbal’s couplets

Khuda tujhe kisi toofan se aashna kar de
Ki tere bahr ki maujon mein iztirab nahin

May God acquaint you with some storm — for the waves of your sea carry no restlessness in them.

Restlessness · Adversity

Related words

ARABIC

Surur

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

ARABIC

Wajd

Ecstasy, rapture; the overwhelming of the heart by divine emotion.

ARABIC

Kaif

Ecstasy, intoxication, blissful rapture.

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