Urdu Dictionary

Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Homa-e-bakht

हुमाए बख़्त

Meaning

The Huma of fortune; the bird of luck whose shadow confers kingship, an emblem of destiny's favour alighting on a chosen head.

Literally: Huma of fortune

See it in the verse

Homa-e-bakht in Iqbal’s couplets

Mohabbat hi se payi hai shifa beemar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne

It is by love that ailing peoples have found their cure — by love that peoples have woken their sleeping fortune.

Love · Unity · Hope

Related words

Huma

The mythical bird of fortune whose shadow is said to confer kingship.

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