Word Meaning
मुक़व्वम
Muqawwam
Meaning
Established, substantiated, constituted, or given stable form and substance.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Islamic philosophy and Urdu poetry, 'muqawwam' describes an entity that has been given constitutional substance, stability, or rectification. In this couplet, it refers to the deep intrinsic reality or essence ('ma'nī') veiled behind appearances that constitutes and sustains the stability of the cosmos. Without this underlying organizing principle, visible celestial phenomena would possess no enduring reality.
Etymology
Arabic, passive participle of the Form II verb 'qawwama' (قوّم), from the triconsonantal root Q-W-M (ق-و-م), relating to standing, establishing, evaluating, or rectifying.
Usage
Employed mainly in metaphysical and philosophical ghazals to invoke the foundational essence that undergirds transitory material forms.
Examples
muqawwam wajood (a constituted existence)
ma'ni-e-muqawwam (a substantiated meaning)