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Hama-Oost

हमा-ओस्त
said ha-maa-oost
also written: Hama Ust, hama oost, hamah ust, all is He
Meaning

"All is He" — the pantheistic formula of unqualified monism.

Literally: "All is He"

Usage & notes

The Persian watchword "hama oost," "all is He" — the popular summation of wahdat-ul-wujud, that nothing exists but God and all things are His manifestation. Iqbal contrasts it pointedly with "hama az oost" ("all is from Him"), which keeps creation distinct from the Creator. His own leanings, safeguarding the reality of the world and the self, run toward the latter, away from the all-dissolving identity that "hama oost" can imply.