बद-हवास

Meaning

Distraught, bewildered, confounded, or having lost one's senses due to shock.

Detailed Meaning

The compound adjective 'bad-havas' denotes a person whose mental faculties and composure are shattered by extreme shock, fear, or misery. In this couplet, it describes the afflicted seeker who has lost all calm due to adversity, being urged to regain composure through spiritual reliance on Ali. It characterizes deep emotional disarray and panic.

Etymology

Compound of Persian 'bad' (بد, bad/ill) and Arabic 'ḥawāss' (حواس, plural of ḥāssah, the senses).

Usage

In classical ghazal and marsiya traditions, it is commonly invoked to picture intense despair, existential dread, or the lover's disoriented state.

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