Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Momin

मोमिन

said MO-min

also written: mu'min, mard-e-momin

Meaning

A true believer; the person of faith.

How Iqbal uses it

The “mard-e-momin” is his portrait of the complete human — hope, certitude and action made flesh, one of God's confidants (razdan) who never despairs. The momin is what a fully built Khudi looks like in a living person.

See it in the verse

Momin in Iqbal’s couplets

Na ho naumeed, naumeedi zawal-e-ilm-o-irfan hai
Umeed-e-mard-e-momin hai Khuda ke razdanon mein

Do not despair — despair is the downfall of knowledge and insight. The hope of a person of conviction stands among those who know the deepest secrets.

Hope · Youth · Courage

Related words

ARABIC

Yaqeen

Certitude; unshakeable conviction or faith.

PERSIAN

Khudi

Selfhood; the self, the ego — in the philosophical, not the vain, sense.

PERSIAN

Qalandar

A wandering, unbound dervish; a spiritually free, rule-breaking mystic.

← Back to the dictionary