Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Naqsh-e-Farang
नक़्श-ए-फ़िरंग
said NAQSH-e-fa-RANG
also written: naqsh e farang, image of europe, naqsh-e-farangi
Meaning
'The imprint / image of Europe' — the seductive picture of Western civilization. Iqbal warned the East against being mesmerised into copying Farang's outward forms while losing its own soul.
See it in the verse
Naqsh-e-Farang in Iqbal’s couplets
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, naqsh-gar-e-haadsat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asl-e-hayat-o-mamat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asl-e-hayat-o-mamat
The chain of day and night is the sculptor of all events; the chain of day and night is the root of life and of death.
Action · Self-Knowledge
Sultani-e-jamhur ka aata hai zamana
Jo naqsh-e-kuhan tum ko nazar aae miTa do
Jo naqsh-e-kuhan tum ko nazar aae miTa do
The age of the people's rule is arriving; whatever old patterns you still see, wipe them away.
Freedom · Awakening · Justice
Related words
PERSIAN
Farang
The land of the Franks — Europe and the West; in Iqbal the emblem of dazzling but soulless modern civilisation and material power.
ARABIC
Taqleed
Imitation, uncritical adherence to established authority or precedent.
PERSIAN
Tahzeeb-e-Hazir
'Modern / present-day civilization' — the contemporary Western order. Iqbal's standing critique: brilliant in science and machinery, hollow at the centre, having lost God and the soul.