Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Peshani

पेशानी

Meaning

The forehead.

How Iqbal uses it

Like jabeen, the forehead is the site of prostration and of fate written upon it; Iqbal links the bowed brow to true devotion as against empty ritual.

See it in the verse

Peshani in Iqbal’s couplets

Ai himala ai fasil-e-kishwar-e-hindustan
Chumta hai teri peshani ko jhuk kar aasman

O Himalaya, O rampart of the land of India, the sky bends down to kiss your brow.

Humility · Self-Knowledge

Related words

ARABIC

Jabeen

The forehead; the brow.

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