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Umeed

उम्मीद

also written: Ummeed

Meaning

Hope; expectation.

How Iqbal uses it

Hope is the lifeblood of Iqbal's self; against yaas he holds up umeed as the believer's duty and engine, the expectation that fuels striving and refuses to concede defeat.

See it in the verse

Umeed in Iqbal’s couplets

Na ho naumeed, naumeedi zawal-e-ilm-o-irfan hai
Umeed-e-mard-e-momin hai Khuda ke razdanon mein

Do not despair — despair is the downfall of knowledge and insight. The hope of a person of conviction stands among those who know the deepest secrets.

Hope · Youth · Courage

Related words

SANSKRIT

Aas

Hope; expectation, longing.

ARABIC

Yaas

Despair, hopelessness.

PERSIAN

Naumeedi

Hopelessness, despair.

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