Arabic · noun · Mind & Knowledge
Irtiqa
इर्तिक़ा
said ir-ti-QAA
also written: irtiqua, evolution, irteqa, irtiqaa
Meaning
Evolution, ascent, upward development. Iqbal embraced a spiritual evolution of the self (khudi) climbing toward ever fuller life, distinct from Darwin's purposeless mechanism.
Related words
URDU
Darwin
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), naturalist of evolution by natural selection; Iqbal accepted change and development in life but recast it as a spiritual, purposeful ascent of the self rather than blind mechanism.
PERSIAN
Khudi
Selfhood; the self, the ego — in the philosophical, not the vain, sense.
ARABIC
Taraqqi
Progress, advancement, promotion, development.