Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Batil

बातिल

said baa-til

Meaning

Falsehood, vanity, that which is null and void.

How Iqbal uses it

Batil is falsehood set against the Truth. Iqbal's verse rings with the certainty that batil, however mighty it seems, is hollow and must fall before the living power of haqq.

See it in the verse

Batil in Iqbal’s couplets

Baatil se dabne wale ai aasman nahin ham
Sau baar kar chuka hai tu imtihan hamara

We are not the kind to be crushed by falsehood, O sky; a hundred times already you have tested us.

Courage · Adversity

Related words

ARABIC

Haqq

Truth, reality, the Real; one of the Names of God; also a right or due.

ARABIC

Zulmat

Darkness, gloom; figuratively ignorance and spiritual blindness.

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