Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Aftaab

आफ़ताब
said aaf-TAAB
also written: aftab
Meaning

The sun.

How Iqbal uses it

The sun is Iqbal's grand symbol of active, self-luminous selfhood; the aftaab shines by its own fire, and the awakened ego is urged to blaze likewise rather than borrow light.