Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Gulzaar

गुलज़ार
said gul-ZAAR
Meaning

A flower-garden or rose-garden; a place flourishing and abloom.

Literally: rose-place

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal uses gulzar as the image of a thriving, blossoming community or world, often contrasted with the cage (qafas) that confines the longing self. A barren life made into a gulzar is the work of love and effort.