Word Meaning
नाक़िसों
nāqisoñ
Meaning
Imperfect, deficient, or incompetent persons; people lacking merit or understanding.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'nāqisoñ' refers to people who are defective, shallow, or spiritually and intellectually incomplete, directly contrasted with the 'kāmil' (perfected souls). In this couplet, the speaker laments having to argue with or be associated with such mediocre, incompetent individuals and pleads with the heavens to separate him from their circle.
Etymology
Arabic (from the root ن-ق-ص n-q-ṣ, meaning 'to decrease or be deficient' -> nāqiṣ), taking the Hindustani plural oblique suffix '-oñ'.
Usage
Frequently juxtaposed in philosophical and Sufi poetry against 'kāmil' to criticize spiritual arrogance and intellectual shallowness.
Examples
Keeping far from the company of the imperfect.
No truth emerges from debating with shallow minds.