Word Meaning
इंफ़िसाल
infisāl
Meaning
Separation, severance; the settlement or decision of a dispute.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu, 'infisāl' refers to detachment or separation, as well as the adjudication or decisive settlement of an issue. In this couplet, it functions with a poignant double meaning: the beloved's sword literally cuts the throat and simultaneously settles the agonized struggle between life and death.
Etymology
Arabic verbal noun (infit'āl/infi'āl) from the root ف-ص-ل (f-ṣ-l), signifying separation, partition, or adjudication.
Usage
In ghazal poetry, poets often use 'infisāl' with deliberate ambiguity to connect legal resolution with the literal cutting of the executioner's sword.
Examples
The bitter dispute found its infisal at last.
A single blow became the infisal of all yearning.