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Nuzul-o-Uruj

नुज़ूल-ओ-उरूज
said nu-ZOOL-o-u-ROOJ
Meaning

Descent and ascent, the downward emanation of being and the upward return of the soul.

Literally: descent and ascent

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal accents the ascent, the soul's heroic climb back to its source, recasting the cosmic cycle as the drama of a self rising to its destiny.

See it in the verse

Nuzul-o-Uruj in Iqbal’s couplets

Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye
The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.
Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood
Related words
ARABIC

Tanazzulat

The descents, the successive self-disclosures by which the Absolute manifests as the created order.

ARABIC

Uruj

Ascent, rise, the zenith of fortune or attainment.

ARABIC

Miraaj

The Prophet Muhammad's miraculous Night Journey and ascension through the heavens to the divine presence.

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