Word Meaning
बे-हासिल
be-hāsil
Meaning
Fruitless, futile, yielding no outcome, without result or benefit.
Detailed Meaning
The compound refers to an action, pursuit, or state that yields no profit, outcome, or realization. In Ghalib's couplet, it functions as a defense of wine-drinking, advising the listener not to write off wine-drinking as a futile or unproductive act. It contrasts worldly notions of productivity with the elevated and intoxicated state of the poet.
Etymology
Persian prefix 'be-' (without, lacking) combined with Arabic 'hāṣil' (produce, acquisition, result).
Usage
Commonly employed in classical ghazal to lament wasted effort in love or worldly ambition, or conversely to challenge conventional measures of success.
Examples
A lifetime of striving remained completely fruitless
Do not dismiss the lover's grief as vain and fruitless