Arabic · noun · Being & Non-Being

Adam

अदम

said a-dam

Meaning

Non-existence, nothingness, the void from which things are summoned into being.

Literally: non-being

How Iqbal uses it

Adam is the nothingness out of which the creative word calls forth existence. Iqbal turns it into a drama of becoming, where the self wins reality by rising out of adam through love and action.

See it in the verse

Adam in Iqbal’s couplets

Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye

The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.

Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood

Related words

ARABIC

Wujood

Existence, being; in Sufi metaphysics, Being itself.

PERSIAN

Neesti

Non-existence, nothingness, annihilation of being.

PERSIAN

Hasti

Existence, being, life; also a self or personage.

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