Word Meaning
उयूब
uyūb
Meaning
Defects, flaws, faults, vices, or blemishes (plural of 'aib).
Detailed Meaning
'Uyūb' is the Arabic broken plural of 'aib', signifying moral, physical, or spiritual defects, shortcomings, and disgraceful flaws. In this couplet, it refers to the profound blemishes and inherent dishonor of the speaker's exposed, vulnerable state that only death's shroud finally manages to conceal. It articulates the speaker's total self-abnegation and the shame attached to worldly existence.
Etymology
Arabic عُيُوب ('uyūb), broken plural of عَيْب ('ayb), meaning fault, defect, or vice.
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it commonly denotes inner moral failings or existential shame that requires the concealing grace (parda-poshī) of God, a lover, or death.
Examples
Divine grace cast a veil over the faults of creation.
Unmindful of his own defects, he counts the flaws of others.