Arabic · phrase · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Mashriq-o-Maghrib
मशरिक़-ओ-मग़रिब
said mash-riq-o-magh-rib
also written: mashriq o maghrib, mashriqo maghrib
Meaning
East and West; the whole world from one horizon to the other, a frequent Iqbalian axis of civilisation.
Literally: mashriq (East) + o (and) + maghrib (West)
See it in the verse
Mashriq-o-Maghrib in Iqbal’s couplets
Khol aankh, zameen dekh, falak dekh, fiza dekh
Mashriq se ubharte hue suraj ko zara dekh
Mashriq se ubharte hue suraj ko zara dekh
Open your eyes — look at the earth, the sky, the open air; just look at the sun rising in the east.
Awakening · Hope
Bahut dekhe hain maine mashriq-o-maghrib ke maikhane
Yahan saaqi nahin paida, wahan be-zauq hai sahba
Yahan saaqi nahin paida, wahan be-zauq hai sahba
I have seen many a tavern of the East and the West — here no cup-bearer is born, and there the wine itself is without relish.
Awakening · Self-Knowledge