Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Istiaara
इस्तिआरा
said is-ti-aa-ra
also written: Isti'ara
Meaning
Metaphor; the use of a word for something it literally is not, based on resemblance.
Usage & notes
Central to Iqbal's imagery, where the Shaheen, the candle and the desert all work as sustained metaphors for the self and its striving.