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Khar-e-Mughilan

ख़ार-ए-मुग़ीलाँ
said KHAAR-e-mu-ghee-LAAN
also written: khar-e-mughilan, camel-thorn
Meaning

The camel-thorn of the desert track; the sharp acacia spine that wounds the pilgrim's feet on the road to the beloved.

Literally: thorn of the mughilan tree

See it in the verse

Khar-e-Mughilan in Iqbal’s couplets

Ye aql o dil hain sharar shola-e-mohabbat ke
Wo khar-o-khas ke liye hai ye nistan ke liye
Both intellect and heart are sparks of the flame of love — one is meant for thorns and straw, the other for a whole reed-bed.
Love · Self-Knowledge · Action
Related words
PERSIAN

Khar

The thorn; the rose's companion of pain, an emblem of the suffering that attends every beauty.

PERSIAN

Sahra / Dasht

Desert, wilderness, open wasteland.

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