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Nimrood

नमरूद

said nam-ROOD

also written: Nimrod, Namrud

Meaning

The tyrant king who cast Abraham into the fire; the archetype of arrogant, godless power.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal sets Nimrood as the emblem of tyranny that builds the fire against faith, only to be defeated when God turns the blaze to a garden. The tyrant's pyre becomes the proof of the believer's triumph.

See it in the verse

Nimrood in Iqbal’s couplets

Be-khatar kud pada aatish-e-Nimrood mein ishq
Aql hai mahv-e-tamasha-e-lab-e-baam abhi

Love leapt fearlessly into the fire — while reason still stood on the rooftop's edge, lost in watching the spectacle.

Courage · Love · Action

Related words

ARABIC

Ibrahim

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

ARABIC

Firaun

Pharaoh; the Egyptian king who oppressed the Israelites, the Quranic archetype of tyranny and self-deification.

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