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Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History

Kalisa

कलीसा
said ka-LEE-sa
also written: kalisa, the church, kaleesa, kanisa
Meaning

The Church; institutional Christianity of the West. For Iqbal the Western 'haram and kalisa' both risk becoming hollow when stripped of living faith.

Related words
ARABIC

Saleeb

The cross, the central symbol of Christianity.

PERSIAN

Firang / Maghrib

The West, Europe — literally “the Franks.”

ARABIC

Haram

The sacred sanctuary, especially the inviolable holy precinct around the Kaaba in Mecca.

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