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Tasleem-o-Raza

तस्लीम-ओ-रज़ा
said tas-LEEM-o-ra-ZA
also written: taslim-o-raza
Meaning

'Submission and contentment'; the paired stations of yielding to God's will and being glad in His decree.

Literally: submission and contentment

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal's surrender is active, the glad submission of a free self that wills with God rather than collapsing before fate.

See it in the verse

Tasleem-o-Raza in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ko kar buland itna ki har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
Raise your selfhood so high that, before issuing every decree of destiny, God Himself asks you: tell me, what is your wish?
Selfhood · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Taslim

A formal court salutation of submission and homage made to a sovereign.

ARABIC

Riza

Contentment with the decree of God; God's good pleasure.

ARABIC

Tafweez

Entrusting and committing all one's affairs entirely to God's disposal.

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