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Bani-Aadam

बनी-आदम
said ba-nee-aa-dam
also written: Bani-Adam, Bani Adam, Bani-adam
Meaning

Humankind; the children of Adam, the whole human family.

Literally: children of Adam; mankind

How Iqbal uses it

Bani-Aadam means the children of Adam, the whole human family. Iqbal uses it to assert the essential kinship and equality of all people against the divisions of race, caste, and nation. The phrase carries his conviction that humanity is one body, wounded wherever any part of it is oppressed.

See it in the verse

Bani-Aadam 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

Insaaniyat

Humanity, humaneness, the quality of being truly human.

ARABIC

Insaan

A human being; man as a moral and spiritual creature.

ARABIC

Adam

Adam, the first human and prophet; in mystic thought, the bearer of the divine trust and vicegerency.

ARABIC

Ittehaad

Unity, union, concord, solidarity.

ARABIC

Insan

A human being; a person, mankind considered as an individual.

PERSIAN

Adamzad

A human being; a child of Adam.

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