Word Meaning
अल-ताज़ीर
al-ta'zeer
Meaning
Discretionary corporal punishment or penal chastisement in Islamic law.
Detailed Meaning
In Islamic jurisprudence, 'ta'zeer' refers to discretionary penal retribution administered for offenses where no fixed statutory penalty ('hadd') is decreed. In this verse, following 'wajib' (obligatory/deserving), it denotes deserving lawful chastisement. The poet addresses the orthodox Sheikh, declaring that only if drinking wine is formally proved should he be subjected to such judicial sentence.
Etymology
Arabic (al-ta'zīr / التَّعْزِير), verbal noun from the root 'azara (ع-ز-ر), meaning to reprove, discipline, or penalize.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, terms of Islamic jurisprudence like ta'zeer are often invoked ironically against religious puritans like the Sheikh or Muhtasib.
Examples
worthy of discretionary penalty
the sentence of ta'zeer ordained by the judge