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Khwaaja-e-Khizr

ख़्वाजा-ए-ख़िज़्र
Meaning

Master Khizr, the immortal green-clad guide who leads wanderers to the water of life.

Literally: Master Khizr

How Iqbal uses it

The poet invokes the khwaaja-e-khizr when lost, the guide who alone knows the hidden spring in the trackless waste.

See it in the verse

Khwaaja-e-Khizr in Iqbal’s couplets

Taqlid ki rawish se to behtar hai khud-kushi
Rasta bhi dhund khizr ka sauda bhi chhod de
Better self-destruction than a life of blind imitation; find your own road, and give up the obsession with a guide.
Selfhood · Freedom · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Khizr

Khwaja Khizr — the deathless green prophet-guide of travellers and seekers.

PERSIAN

Aab-e-Hayaat

The water of life; the legendary elixir of immortality.

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