Persian · proper noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Javed Nama

जावेद नामा

said jaa-VED-NAA-ma

also written: javed nama, javid nama, javednama, book of eternity

Meaning

Iqbal's 1932 Persian masterwork, a heavenly journey through the spheres guided by Rumi, where Iqbal meets historic figures and confronts the questions of the modern age; often likened to Dante's Divine Comedy.

Related words

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Rumi

Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273), the great Persian Sufi poet of Konya (Rum), author of the Masnavi, the supreme exemplar of mystical poetry.

PERSIAN

Payam-e-Mashriq

The Message of the East; the East's reply to the West, title of Iqbal's Persian collection answering Goethe's Divan.

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