Arabic · name · Spirit & the Divine
Khizr
ख़िज़्र
said KHIZ-r
also written: khidr, khwaja khizr
Meaning
Khwaja Khizr — the deathless green prophet-guide of travellers and seekers.
How Iqbal uses it
Even the legendary guide is to be set aside: rather than copy a borrowed path, “find your own road” — better self-reckoning than the imitation that, he says, is worse than suicide. Iqbal respects the tradition and still insists each self must walk for itself.