Urdu Dictionary

Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Bani-Aadam

बनी-आदम

said ba-nee-aa-dam

also written: Bani-Adam

Meaning

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

Literally: the sons of Adam

How Iqbal uses it

A dignified name for humanity as one family, carrying the Saadi-an ideal that all members of bani-aadam are limbs of a single body.

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

Insaaniyat

Humanity, humaneness, the quality of being truly human.

Insaan

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

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