Persian · noun · People & Roles
Nukta-cheen
नुक्ता-चीं
said nuk-ta-CHEEN
also written: Nuktacheen
Meaning
A fault-finder; a captious critic who picks at fine points.
Literally: point-picker
How Iqbal uses it
The carping critic who censures the lover or poet; in the ghazal the nukta-cheen joins the rival and the preacher as an enemy of free feeling.
See it in the verse
Nukta-cheen in Iqbal’s couplets
Chin o Arab hamara Hindostan hamara
Muslim hain hum watan hai sara jahan hamara
Muslim hain hum watan hai sara jahan hamara
China and Arabia are ours, India is ours; we are Muslims, and the whole world is our homeland.
Unity · Freedom
Nazar nahin to mere halqa-e-sukhan mein na baith
Ki nukta-ha-e-khudi hain misal-e-tegh-e-asil
Ki nukta-ha-e-khudi hain misal-e-tegh-e-asil
If you have no vision, do not sit in my circle of speech — for the subtleties of selfhood are like a sword of true steel.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Courage