Persian · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Barq-e-tajalli

बर्क़-ए-तजल्ली

said barq-e-ta-JAL-li

Meaning

The lightning of theophany; the flash of divine self-manifestation.

Literally: lightning of manifestation

How Iqbal uses it

Recalls the bolt that struck Sinai when the glory was unveiled to Moses; the barq stands for the dazzling, consuming instant when the Real reveals itself.

See it in the verse

Barq-e-tajalli in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah paida kar ai ghafil tajalli ain-e-fitrat hai
Ki apni mauj se begana rah sakta nahin dariya

Cultivate vision, O heedless one, for radiance is the very nature of things; a river cannot stay a stranger to its own wave.

Awakening · Self-Knowledge · Selfhood

Related words

ARABIC

Tajalli

Divine self-manifestation; a radiant disclosure or theophany.

ARABIC

Barq

Lightning, the sudden flash that splits the storm-cloud.

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