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Sanskrit · noun · Nature & the Garden

Paaras

पारस
said paa-ras
also written: Paras
Meaning

The philosopher's stone, fabled to turn iron into gold at a touch.

How Iqbal uses it

The touchstone-of-gold (paaras) figures the transforming touch that ennobles whatever it meets.

See it in the verse

Paaras in Iqbal’s couplets

Tu abhi rahguzar mein hai qaid-e-maqam se guzar
Misr-o-Hijaz se guzar, Paras-o-Shaam se guzar
You are still only on the road — break free of the prison of one fixed place. Pass beyond Egypt and Arabia, pass beyond Persia and Syria.
Restlessness · Aspiration · Freedom
Related words
ARABIC

Kimiya

Chemistry, or in classical usage alchemy.

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