Persian · noun · Being & Non-Being

Zor

ज़ोर

said ZOR

Meaning

Force, strength, or exertion; also emphasis or pressure.

Literally: force; strength; might

How Iqbal uses it

Zor is force or might, raw strength. In Iqbal's thought zor is neither good nor evil in itself: it is the cause it serves that ennobles or damns it. He warns against worship of brute force divorced from justice, even as he rouses the downtrodden to find strength of their own.

See it in the verse

Zor in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ke zor se duniya pe chha ja
Maqam-e-rang-o-bu ka raaz pa ja

By the force of your selfhood, rise and overspread the world — and seize the secret of this realm of colour and scent.

Selfhood · Action · Aspiration

Related words

ARABIC

Taqat

Strength, power, or capacity; the force to do or endure.

ARABIC

Quwwat

Strength, power, or might; force of body or arms.

ARABIC

Zulm

Oppression, injustice, cruelty; the beloved's tyranny or any wrong done.

ARABIC

Jabr

Compulsion, determinism; the doctrine that human acts are foreordained.

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