Ibrahim
The prophet Abraham, revered in Islam as the patriarch of monotheism and the breaker of idols.
Ibrahim is Iqbal's supreme symbol of iconoclastic faith, the man who smashed the idols and into whose fire God turned the flames to a garden of roses. He becomes the model of the believer whose conviction transforms the very fire meant to destroy him.
Khalil
The Friend of God; an epithet of Abraham, signifying his intimate friendship with God.
Nimrood
The tyrant king who cast Abraham into the fire; the archetype of arrogant, godless power.
But
Idol; a figure of the beloved so beautiful as to be worshipped, and a symbol of beauty in the ghazal.
Aazar
The idol-making father (or guardian) of Abraham in the Quranic narrative, the archetypal maker of idols.
Qurbaani
Sacrifice; the offering of oneself for the beloved.