In this excerpt, the author uses words to characterize Iqbal as someone who:
Encourages others.
<h3>What does Encouragement mean?</h3>
To encourage someone means to give them the morale to take an action.
From the excerpt, Iqbal can be rightly described as a person who encourages others because he gave Salman the morale to hold on as there will be someone who will help them.