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Zabt-e-nafs

ज़ब्त-ए-नफ़्स
Meaning

Self-control, mastery over the lower self and its impulses.

See it in the verse

Zabt-e-nafs in Iqbal’s couplets

Tha zabt bahut mushkil is sail-e-maani ka
Kah Daale qalandar ne asrar-e-kitab aakhir
It was very hard to hold back this flood of meaning; at last the wandering sage spoke out the secrets of the book.
Courage · Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Related words
ARABIC

Zabt

Self-control, restraint, the disciplined holding-in of emotion.

SANSKRIT

Sanyam

Self-restraint, discipline, control of the senses.

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