Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Ghulaami
ग़ुलामी
said ghu-LAA-mee
also written: Ghulami
Meaning
Slavery, servitude, or subjugation.
How Iqbal uses it
Ghulami is Iqbal's diagnosis of the colonised East; he sets it against the awakened freedom of khudi.
See it in the verse
Ghulaami in Iqbal’s couplets
Ghulami mein na kaam aati hain shamsheerein na tadbeerein
Jo ho zauq-e-yaqeen paida to kat jaati hain zanjeerein
Jo ho zauq-e-yaqeen paida to kat jaati hain zanjeerein
In bondage, neither swords nor clever schemes are of any use — but once a relish for conviction is born, the chains themselves fall away.
Freedom · Courage · Awakening
Ghulami mein na kaam aati hain shamsheeren na tadbeeren
Jo ho zauq-e-yaqeen paida to kat jaati hain zanjeeren
Jo ho zauq-e-yaqeen paida to kat jaati hain zanjeeren
In bondage neither swords nor clever schemes are of any use; but once a taste for conviction is born, the chains fall away on their own.
Freedom · Self-Knowledge · Courage
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