Urdu Dictionary
Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Zillat

ज़िल्लत
said zil-lat
Meaning

Humiliation, disgrace, abjection, abasement.

How Iqbal uses it

The degrading state of disgrace and subjection; Iqbal sets the zillat of the enslaved against the izzat of the free believer.

See it in the verse

Zillat in Iqbal’s couplets

Guzar-auqat kar leta hai ye koh o bayaban mein
Ki shahin ke liye zillat hai kar-e-ashiyan-bandi
It makes its living among mountains and wilderness, for to the falcon the building of a comfortable nest is a disgrace.
The Falcon · Freedom · Adversity
Related words
PERSIAN

Ruswaai

Disgrace, ignominy, public dishonour, scandal.

ARABIC

Izzat

Honour, respect, esteem, dignity.

PERSIAN

Pasti

Lowness, decline, degradation, lowliness.

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