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Reygzaar

रेगज़ार

said reg-zaar

also written: Reg-zaar

Meaning

A sandy waste, a tract or expanse of sand; a sandy desert.

How Iqbal uses it

The reygzaar is the wide sand-waste, the desert as a whole field of barrenness and hardship. It figures the harsh stretch the seeker must cross, the trackless trial that proves the traveller's resolve.

See it in the verse

Reygzaar in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ko na de seem-o-zar ke ewaz
Nahin shola dete sharar ke ewaz

Do not trade away your selfhood for silver and gold — no one hands over a blazing flame in exchange for a mere spark.

Selfhood · Freedom · Courage

Related words

PERSIAN

Reg

Sand, the fine grains that make up the desert floor.

ARABIC

Baadiya

A desert or wilderness, the open, uninhabited wasteland.

ARABIC

Saraab

A mirage, the illusion of water shimmering on the desert that deceives the thirsty traveller.

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