Urdu · proper noun · Mind & Knowledge
Dante
दांते
said DAAN-te
also written: dante, dante alighieri, daante
Meaning
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet of the Divine Comedy; Iqbal's heavenly-journey poem Javed Nama is often compared to Dante's ascent, with Rumi as Iqbal's Virgil.
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PERSIAN
Javed Nama
Iqbal's 1932 Persian masterwork, a heavenly journey through the spheres guided by Rumi, where Iqbal meets historic figures and confronts the questions of the modern age; often likened to Dante's Divine Comedy.
PERSIAN
Rumi
Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), the great Persian Sufi poet of Konya (Rum), author of the Masnavi, the supreme exemplar of mystical poetry.