Word Meaning
मुवाख़ज़ा
muvāḳhaza
Meaning
Accountability, reckoning, cross-examination, or holding someone responsible for a crime.
Detailed Meaning
Muvakhaza denotes holding someone to account, interrogation, or retribution for transgressions. In this couplet, it refers directly to the divine trial and reckoning on the Day of Judgment (roz-e-hashr). The poet warns that even if the rival dealt the fatal blow, the beloved is implicated as an accomplice or witness and cannot escape punishment.
Etymology
Arabic (مؤاخذة / mu'ākhadhah), verbal noun from the root 'أ-خ-ذ' (ʔ-kh-dh, to seize or take), meaning to censure, rebuke, or call to account.
Usage
Frequently used in classical ghazals in eschatological contexts regarding divine justice, sin, and the inescapable reckoning of the Day of Judgment.
Examples
Escaping the strict reckoning of judgment
Fearing accountability for one's actions