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Hudhud-e-Hijaaz

हुदहुद-ए-हिजाज़
said hud-hud-e-hi-JAAZ
Meaning

The hoopoe as guide-bird, associated with Solomon and the quest.

How Iqbal uses it

The hudhud, Solomon's messenger-bird and the guide of the birds' pilgrimage in the Sufi tradition, is the emblem of the knowing leader who shows the way to the spiritual goal; Iqbal invokes the hoopoe as the guide every questing soul and community needs.

See it in the verse

Hudhud-e-Hijaaz in Iqbal’s couplets

Tu abhi rahguzar mein hai qaid-e-maqam se guzar
Misr-o-Hijaz se guzar, Paras-o-Shaam se guzar
You are still only on the road — break free of the prison of one fixed place. Pass beyond Egypt and Arabia, pass beyond Persia and Syria.
Restlessness · Aspiration · Freedom
Related words
ARABIC

Hudhud

The hoopoe, the guide-bird that in Sufi lore leads the birds toward the Simurgh and carried Solomon's messages.

PERSIAN

Simurgh

The great mythical bird of Persian legend, dwelling on the world-mountain and emblem of supreme wisdom.

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