Word Meaning
फ़ैसल
faisal
Meaning
Decided, settled, concluded; (poetically) finished, put to an end, or slain.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning decided, arbitrated, or settled, in classical Urdu verse 'faisal' frequently bears a darker metaphorical sense of being finished off or concluded. In Mir's couplet, the world is portrayed as a slaughterhouse where each soul's existence is terminated and settled within a single breath. The term evokes both mortal finality and the unyielding decree of fate.
Etymology
Arabic root ف-ص-ل (f-ṣ-l), denoting separating, dividing, or arbitrating; yielding فَيْصَل (fayṣal), an arbiter or decisive decree.
Usage
In ghazal idiom, 'faisal hona' often alludes not merely to arbitration, but to the swift and final termination of life or desire.
Examples
The matter of life was decided in a single sigh.
Whoever entered this gathering was finished in moments.