Arabic · noun · Love & Longing

Valvala

वलवला
said wal-wa-LA
also written: Walwala, walwala, valvala, walwalah
Meaning

A surge of fervent emotion, an ecstatic transport of feeling.

Literally: surging fervour, passionate enthusiasm

Usage & notes

Walwala is the inner tumult of passion, the welling-up of zeal that drives a person to act and create. Iqbal values this restless heat as the energy of a living self; he distrusts the placid heart and exalts the soul that boils over with longing and purpose. Such fervour, for him, is what turns dead stillness into movement and movement into deeds.