Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Makaan

मकाँ
said ma-KAAN
also written: makan
Meaning

Place, space, location; a dwelling.

Literally: Arabic makan: a place, a position in space.

How Iqbal uses it

Makaan is space as the counterpart of time; Iqbal's high theme is that the fully realized self transcends the bounds of zaman and makaan, breaking free of the cage of space and time.