Word Meaning
हर-क़तरा
har-qatra
hinoun phrase
Meaning
Every drop; each individual droplet.
Detailed Meaning
Literally denoting 'every drop', the term is a quintessential mystical metaphor for individual being or finite consciousness. In the couplet, it represents how every single atom or droplet of creation vibrates with the cosmic assertion of the infinite ocean ('anal-bahr'). It encapsulates the non-dualistic Sufi realization where the distinction between the part and the whole vanishes.
Etymology
Persian 'har' (each, every) + Arabic 'qatra' (drop, droplet).
Usage
Widely invoked in Sufi ghazals to contrast the ephemeral individual existence with the infinite divine essence.
Examples
har-qatra fana hone ko daryaa mein thaa be-taab
har-qatra-e-shabnam mein jhalak bahr-e-fana ki
Synonyms
हर-बूँदज़र्रा-ज़र्रायक-यक क़तरा
Related Words
क़तराबहरदरियामुहीत