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Qur'an

क़ुरआन
said qur-AAN
also written: Quran, Kalaam-e-Paak, Furqaan
Meaning

The holy scripture of Islam, believed to be the literal word of God revealed to Prophet Muhammad.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal calls Muslims back to a living engagement with the Quran as a charter of action and self-realization rather than an object of mere recitation. He laments that the believer has reduced God's word to ritual sound while losing its world-shaping power.

See it in the verse

Qur'an in Iqbal’s couplets

Phool ki patti se kat sakta hai heere ka jigar
Mard-e-nadaan par kalaam-e-narm-o-nazuk be-asar
A diamond's heart can be cut by the petal of a flower — yet on a foolish man, soft and gentle words have no effect.
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Related words
ARABIC

Wahy

Revelation; the divine word sent to the prophets.

ARABIC

Rasool

A messenger of God sent with a divine scripture or mission, above all Prophet Muhammad.

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