Persian · noun · Everyday Life
Mil-e-Sang
मील-ए-संग
said MEEL-e-SANG
also written: meel-e-sang, milestone
Meaning
A milestone; the marker-stone set by the roadside to count the stages.
Literally: stone-mile
See it in the verse
Mil-e-Sang in Iqbal’s couplets
Jahan-e-taza ki afkar-e-taza se hai numood
Ki sang-o-khisht se hote nahin jahan paida
Ki sang-o-khisht se hote nahin jahan paida
A new world comes into being from new thoughts — for worlds are not built out of stone and brick.
Action · Aspiration · Awakening
Wahi jahan hai tera jis ko tu kare paida
Ye sang-o-khisht nahin jo teri nigah mein hai
Ye sang-o-khisht nahin jo teri nigah mein hai
Yours alone is the world you yourself create; not this one of stone and brick that lies before your eyes.
Selfhood · Action · Aspiration