Persian · adjective · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Javidaan
जाविदाँ
said jaa-vi-DAAN
also written: javedan, jawidan
Meaning
Eternal, everlasting, undying.
How Iqbal uses it
Javidaan names the deathless and eternal; Iqbal's self aspires to a javidaan life, an immortality won by ceaseless self-affirmation rather than mere endless duration.
See it in the verse
Javidaan in Iqbal’s couplets
Khudi mein doob ja ghafil, ye sirr-e-zindagani hai
Nikal kar halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se javedan ho ja
Nikal kar halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se javedan ho ja
Dive into your selfhood, O heedless one — this is the secret of life. Step out of the ring of evening and morning, and become everlasting.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Khudi ke saaz mein hai umr-e-javidan ka suragh
Khudi ke soz se roshan hain ummaton ke charagh
Khudi ke soz se roshan hain ummaton ke charagh
Within the music of selfhood lies the trace of an everlasting life — and it is by the burning of selfhood that the lamps of whole peoples are lit.
Selfhood · Leadership · Hope