Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Zabt

ज़ब्त
said ZUBT
also written: zabt, zapt, dabt
Meaning

Confiscation or seizure; also self-control and discipline.

Literally: self-control, discipline, mastery over impulse

How Iqbal uses it

Zabt is the disciplined command a person holds over their own passions and powers. Iqbal makes this self-mastery essential to khudi: the strong self is not the one that indulges every urge but the one that gathers and directs its forces toward a chosen aim. He reads discipline as what concentrates the will into power, turning scattered energy into purposeful action.