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Mahabbat-e-Rasul

महब्बत-ए-रसूल
said ma-HAB-bat-e-ra-SOOL
also written: mahabbat-e-rasul
Meaning

Love of the Prophet; the devoted attachment to the Messenger that is central to Sufi spirituality.

Literally: love of the Messenger

How Iqbal uses it

Love of the Prophet is the burning core of Iqbal's faith, the love that fashions the self on the Prophetic pattern.

See it in the verse

Mahabbat-e-Rasul in Iqbal’s couplets

Ishq dam-e-Jibreel ishq dam-e-Mustafa
Ishq Khuda ka Rasool ishq Khuda ka kalaam
Love is the breath of Gabriel, love the breath of the Prophet; love is the messenger of God, love is the Word of God.
Love · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Ishq-e-Rasul

Passionate love of the Prophet; the burning devotion to the Messenger central to Sufi piety.

ARABIC

Fana-fir-Rasul

Effacement in the Prophet; the seeker's absorption in the Prophet's reality on the way to God.

ARABIC

Naat

A poem or hymn in praise of the Prophet Muhammad.

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