Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Irsal-e-Masal
इर्साल-ए-मसल
said ir-SAAL-e-ma-SAL
also written: Irsal-e-Misal,Irsaal-e-Masal
Meaning
The device of clinching a verse with a proverb or maxim, lending it the force of accepted wisdom.
Literally: sending forth a proverb
See it in the verse
Irsal-e-Masal in Iqbal’s couplets
Nazar nahin to mere halqa-e-sukhan mein na baith
Ki nukta-ha-e-khudi hain misal-e-tegh-e-asil
Ki nukta-ha-e-khudi hain misal-e-tegh-e-asil
If you have no vision, do not sit in my circle of speech — for the subtleties of selfhood are like a sword of true steel.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Courage
Aaya hai tu jahan mein misal-e-sharar dekh
Dam de na jaye hasti-na-paayedar dekh
Dam de na jaye hasti-na-paayedar dekh
You have come into the world like a spark — see that this fleeting existence does not slip away from you.
Action · Awakening · Aspiration