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Jabeen

जबीं

also written: Jabin

Meaning

The forehead; the brow.

How Iqbal uses it

The brow laid in prostration is one of Iqbal's most charged images, the forehead at prayer that marks devotion and surrender; the radiant or rubbed jabeen signals sincerity and the dignity of worship.

See it in the verse

Jabeen in Iqbal’s couplets

Kabhi ai haqeeqat-e-muntazir nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein
Ki hazaron sajde tarap rahe hain meri jabeen-e-niyaz mein

O long-awaited Truth, show yourself once in the dress of the visible — for a thousand prostrations are stirring restlessly on my brow of longing.

Love · Aspiration · Restlessness

Related words

PERSIAN

Peshani

The forehead.

PERSIAN

Abru

The eyebrow.

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