Word Meaning
सुजूद
sujood
hinoun
Meaning
Act of prostration, bowing low in worship, devotion, or submission.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Islamic and poetic idiom, 'sujood' refers to the supreme posture of devotion where the forehead touches the earth. In this couplet, the poet envisions his entire physical being as an earnest longing to prostrate, likening himself to dew yearning to surrender and evaporate before the rising sun.
Etymology
Arabic, verbal noun from the triconsonantal root s-j-d (س-ج-د), relating to bowing down or prostration.
Usage
In Urdu ghazal, 'sujood' frequently signifies the mystical or romantic surrender of the lover at the beloved's threshold.
Examples
My forehead remains devoted to the soil of your threshold in sujood.
Love transformed every thought into an ecstatic act of sujood.
Synonyms
सिजदाबंदगीप्रणिपातनियाज़
Related Words
सिजदासाजिदमस्जूदसज्जादा