Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Qalb-e-Saleem

क़ल्ब-ए-सलीम

said qalb-e-sa-leem

Meaning

The sound, untainted heart; the pure heart that alone avails before God.

Literally: the sound heart

How Iqbal uses it

Qalb-e-saleem, the sound and undivided heart of the Quran, is the spiritual organ Iqbal sets above cold intellect. It is the seat of intuition, love and certitude, the heart through which the self truly knows.

See it in the verse

Qalb-e-Saleem in Iqbal’s couplets

Qalb o nazar ki zindagi dasht mein subh ka samaan
Chashma-e-aftab se nuur ki naddiyan ravaan

The life of the heart and the eye is like daybreak in the desert; from the spring of the sun, rivers of light flow out.

Awakening · Hope · Self-Knowledge

Related words

ARABIC

Qalb

Heart (the Arabic word; often the spiritual heart).

ARABIC

Basirat

Inner sight, insight, spiritual discernment beyond the physical eye.

ARABIC

Yaqeen

Certitude; unshakeable conviction or faith.

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