Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Tehzeeb-e-Hazir

तहज़ीब-ए-हाज़िर
said teh-zeeb-e-haa-zir
Meaning

Modern (present-day) civilisation, the culture of the contemporary age.

Usage & notes

Iqbal's term for the glittering modern Western civilisation whose magic (sehr-e-firang) he both admired and warned would burn itself out.