Meaning
The prophet Moses, who received revelation on Sinai and confronted Pharaoh's tyranny.
Usage & notes
Iqbal casts Musa as the prophet of liberation who shattered Pharaoh's power and beheld the divine light on Sinai. He uses Moses to speak of both the longing for God's vision and the duty to break unjust rule.
Related words
ARABIC
Kaleem
The one spoken to by God, an epithet of Moses; the interlocutor of the Divine.
ARABIC
Firaun
Pharaoh; the Egyptian king who oppressed the Israelites, the Quranic archetype of tyranny and self-deification.
ARABIC
Toor
Mount Sinai, where Moses received revelation and the divine light flashed; an emblem of the encounter with God.
ARABIC
Tajalli
Divine self-manifestation; a radiant disclosure or theophany.