Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Naqdina-e-Umr

नक़दीना-ए-उम्र

said naq-dee-na-e-UMR

also written: naqdina-e-umr

Meaning

The cash of life; one's lifespan figured as ready coin to be spent.

Literally: the cash of life

See it in the verse

Naqdina-e-Umr in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ke saaz mein hai umr-e-javidan ka suragh
Khudi ke soz se roshan hain ummaton ke charagh

Within the music of selfhood lies the trace of an everlasting life — and it is by the burning of selfhood that the lamps of whole peoples are lit.

Selfhood · Leadership · Hope

Related words

ARABIC

Naqdeena

Cash, ready money in hand.

PERSIAN

Sarmaya

Capital, accumulated wealth; the root of 'sarmayadari' (capitalism). In Iqbal's social poems the hoarded riches of the few wrung from the labour of the many.

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