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Lauh-e-Jaan

लौह-ए-जाँ
Meaning

The tablet of the soul; the inner self on which experience is written.

Literally: tablet of the soul

See it in the verse

Lauh-e-Jaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye
A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.
Leadership · Aspiration
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