Waqaar

Dignity, gravity, composed self-respect and poise.

Literally: dignity, gravity, composed self-possession

Waqaar is dignity — the grave, composed self-possession of one who carries themselves with weight and calm. Iqbal sees it as the outward bearing of inner self-respect: the dignified self neither grovels nor blusters, but stands with quiet poise. He treats such composed gravity as becoming the believer who knows his own worth, the steadiness that flows from a settled khudi.