Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Chashm-e-Batin

चश्म-ए-बातिन
Meaning

The inner eye; the faculty of spiritual sight that perceives what the outer eye cannot.

Literally: the inward eye

See it in the verse

Chashm-e-Batin in Iqbal’s couplets

Keh raha hai mujh se ae joya-e-asrar-e-azal
Chashm-e-dil wa ho to hai taqdeer-e-aalam be-hijab
He says to me: O seeker of the secrets of eternity, if the eye of the heart opens, the destiny of the world stands unveiled.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Basirat

Inner vision or insight; the heart's discernment of realities hidden from the outward eye.

ARABIC

Batin

The inward, hidden dimension of reality and scripture, contrasted with the outward zahir.

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