Word Meaning
मा'ज़ूर
ma'zūr
Meaning
Helpless, incapacitated, excused, or unable to act or compete.
Detailed Meaning
In classical poetry, 'ma'zūr' denotes someone who is excused, incapacitated, or rendered utterly powerless. In this couplet, it describes the flower being reduced to complete helplessness before the peerless beauty of the beloved. Overwhelmed by such radiant grace, the rose loses its luster and authority, becoming like an unseeing eye in the garden.
Etymology
Arabic, from the triconsonantal root 'ع-ذ-ر' (ʿ-dh-r), relating to excusing, disabling, or having a valid incapacity.
Usage
Commonly used in ghazals to depict the lover's or worldly rival's utter helplessness and paralysis before the beloved's overwhelming radiance.
Examples
Incapable of bearing the sight, he stood helpless in silence.
Consider me excused, for the heart has lost all control.