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Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Gunbad-e-Falak

गुंबद-ए-फ़लक
said GUN-bad-e-fa-LAK
also written: gunbad e falak
Meaning

The dome of the sky; the vault of heaven.

Literally: Persian: the dome (gunbad) of the firmament (falak).

See it in the verse

Gunbad-e-Falak in Iqbal’s couplets

Khol aankh, zameen dekh, falak dekh, fiza dekh
Mashriq se ubharte hue suraj ko zara dekh
Open your eyes — look at the earth, the sky, the open air; just look at the sun rising in the east.
Awakening · Hope
Khudi ka nasheman tere dil mein hai
Falak jis tarah aankh ke til mein hai
The nest of your selfhood is inside your own heart — the way the whole sky lives inside the pupil of an eye.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge
Napaid tere bahr-e-takhayyul ke kinare
Pahunchenge falak tak teri aahon ke sharare
The shores of your sea of imagination are nowhere to be found; the sparks of your longing will reach all the way to the sky.
Aspiration · Restlessness · Hope
Related words
ARABIC

Falak / Aasman

The sky, the heavens, the firmament (aflak = the celestial spheres).

ARABIC

Mehrab-e-Falak

The arch of the sky; the vault of the heavens like a prayer-niche overhead.

PERSIAN

Aasmaan

The sky or heavens.

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