Arabic · noun · Struggle & the Sword

Khanjar

ख़ंजर

Meaning

A dagger, poniard.

How Iqbal uses it

Khanjar appears in Iqbal's imagery of conflict and trial, the dagger that wounds and tests. It belongs to his broader vocabulary of the blade as the edge of struggle.

See it in the verse

Khanjar in Iqbal’s couplets

Tumhari tahzib apne khanjar se aap hi khud-kushi karegi
Jo shakh-e-nazuk pe aashiyana banega na-paedar hoga

Your civilisation will take its own life with its own dagger; a nest built on a fragile branch will never last.

Adversity · Self-Knowledge · Justice

Related words

PERSIAN

Tegh

A sword, blade.

PERSIAN

Shamsheer

A sword, scimitar.

ARABIC

Sinaan

The sharpened point or head of a spear or lance.

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