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Haqiqat-e-Muhammadiya

हक़ीक़त-ए-मुहम्मदिया
said ha-qee-qat-e mu-ham-ma-DEE-ya
Meaning

The Muhammadan Reality, the metaphysical essence of the Prophet underlying all creation.

Literally: the Muhammadan Reality

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal treats the Muhammadan Reality as the archetype of the perfect self, the pattern of completed humanity he calls others to approach.

See it in the verse

Haqiqat-e-Muhammadiya in Iqbal’s couplets

Kabhi ai haqeeqat-e-muntazir nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein
Ki hazaron sajde tarap rahe hain meri jabeen-e-niyaz mein
O long-awaited Truth, show yourself once in the dress of the visible — for a thousand prostrations are stirring restlessly on my brow of longing.
Love · Aspiration · Restlessness
Related words
ARABIC

Nur-e-Muhammadi

The Muhammadan Light, the primordial spiritual reality from which creation is said to flow.

ARABIC

Insan-e-Kamil

The Perfect Man, the fully realised human who mirrors all the divine attributes.

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