Word Meaning
मुसीबत
musībat
Meaning
Adversity, calamity, trouble, or affliction.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'musibat' signifies calamity, misfortune, or intense hardship. In this couplet, the speaker refuses to give up faithfulness, resolutely deciding that if love cannot be acknowledged as noble passion, he will embrace it even as pure adversity. It highlights the lover's unwavering devotion that welcomes suffering with pride.
Etymology
Arabic (مُصِيبَة - muṣībah), derived from the root ṣ-w-b, meaning to strike, afflict, or fall upon.
Usage
In the ghazal, it frequently describes the afflictions of longing and despair, which the true lover embraces as an inseparable part of passion.
Examples
musibat-e-furqat (the affliction of separation)
musibat sar par aana (a calamity befalling someone)