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Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Khana-e-ankabut

ख़ानए अंकबूत
Meaning

The house of the spider; the spider's web, cited as the frailest of dwellings, an emblem of a refuge that cannot hold.

Literally: spider's house

See it in the verse

Khana-e-ankabut in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
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Related words
ARABIC

Ankabut

A spider; the Arabic word, and the Quranic image of the spider's web as the frailest of houses.

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