Persian · proper noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Bal-e-Jibril
बाल-ए-जिब्रील
said BAAL-e-jib-REEL
also written: bale jibril, gabriel's wing, bal-e-jibreel
Meaning
'Gabriel's Wing', Iqbal's celebrated 1935 Urdu collection containing 'Masjid-e-Qurtuba', 'Saqi Nama' and 'Lenin' — among the summits of his engagement with faith, power and the modern world.
See it in the verse
Bal-e-Jibril in Iqbal’s couplets
Jawanon ko meri aah-e-sahar de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Give the young my dawn-time sigh of longing — and give these falcon-children their wings and their feathers once more.
Youth · The Falcon · Aspiration
Khudi ho ilm se mohkam to ghairat-e-Jibril
Agar ho ishq se mohkam to soor-e-Israfil
Agar ho ishq se mohkam to soor-e-Israfil
A selfhood made firm by knowledge can rival the angel of revelation; a selfhood made firm by love can rival the trumpet that wakes the world.
Selfhood · Love · Action
Related words
ARABIC
Jibril
The angel Gabriel; title-figure of Iqbal's 'Bal-e-Jibril' (Gabriel's Wing). In 'Jibril-o-Iblis' the obedient angel and the defiant Satan debate the worth of free, risk-taking struggle.
ARABIC
Qurtuba
Cordoba, the capital of Muslim Spain and seat of its great mosque; emblem of Andalusian splendour.
URDU
Lenin
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), leader of the Russian Revolution; Iqbal's poem 'Lenin (Khuda ke Huzoor mein)' has Lenin address God, indicting capitalist Europe's exploitation while exposing the spiritual void of the godless order.