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Mina

मिना

said mi-NAA

also written: Muna

Meaning

The valley near Mecca where pilgrims perform the stoning of the pillars and the sacrifice during the hajj.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal alludes to Mina as the place of Abraham's sacrifice and the pilgrim's symbolic rejection of temptation. The valley stands for the test of faith and the casting-off of the inner devil.

See it in the verse

Mina in Iqbal’s couplets

Utha na sheesha-garaan-e-firang ke ehsaan
Safaal-e-Hind se mina-o-jaam paida kar

Do not be indebted to the glassmakers of the foreign land — fashion your goblet and cup from the clay of your own soil.

Selfhood · Freedom · Action

Related words

ARABIC

Hajj

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, obligatory once for every able Muslim.

ARABIC

Arafaat

The plain near Mecca where pilgrims gather on the central day of the hajj to stand in prayer.

ARABIC

Qurbaani

Sacrifice; the offering of oneself for the beloved.

ARABIC

Ibrahim

The prophet Abraham, revered in Islam as the patriarch of monotheism and the breaker of idols.

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