Urdu Dictionary

Persian · adjective · Spirit & the Divine

Jaan-aafreen

जान-आफ़रीं

Meaning

Life-creating; epithet of God as the giver of life, or that which enlivens.

Literally: lit. life-creating

How Iqbal uses it

Used of the Creator who breathes life into clay.

See it in the verse

Jaan-aafreen in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye

A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.

Leadership · Aspiration

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