Word Meaning
बे-गुनाहों
be-gunaahon
Meaning
Innocent people; those free from sin, fault, or blame.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetics, 'be-gunah' denotes those who are entirely innocent, blameless, and free of crime. In this couplet, it serves as an address to the beloved's victims—the devoted lovers whose only fault is their unrequited devotion, yet whose blood is ruthlessly shed. The plural oblique marker indicates a whole class of innocent sufferers enduring the beloved's tyranny.
Etymology
From Persian privative prefix 'be-' (without) and 'gunāh' (sin, transgression, fault), with the Hindustani plural oblique suffix '-oñ'.
Usage
In the ghazal, the lover is routinely depicted as the quintessential 'be-gunāh' whose innocence contrasts sharply with the beloved's cruel tyranny.
Examples
The blood of the innocent will surely bring about justice one day.
There is no one left to question the slaughter of the innocent.