Urdu Dictionary

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Jibrail

जिब्राईल

said jib-raa-eel

also written: gabriel, jibreel, jibril

Meaning

Gabriel, the angel of revelation; variant of Jibreel, set in Iqbal against the restless striving of Iblis and of man.

See it in the verse

Jibrail in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ho ilm se mohkam to ghairat-e-Jibril
Agar ho ishq se mohkam to soor-e-Israfil

A selfhood made firm by knowledge can rival the angel of revelation; a selfhood made firm by love can rival the trumpet that wakes the world.

Selfhood · Love · Action

Related words

Jibreel

The archangel Gabriel, who brought God's revelation to the prophets.

Iblis

The fallen angel who refused to bow to Adam and became the tempter; in Iqbal a complex emblem of pride, defiance and the testing of the self.

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