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Rukh-e-Raushan

रुख़-ए-रौशन
said rukh-e-rau-shan
Meaning

The radiant, luminous face of the beloved.

Literally: shining face

How Iqbal uses it

The face that shines like the sun or moon is the source of the lover's light; in Iqbal it slides easily into the radiance of the Divine countenance.

See it in the verse

Rukh-e-Raushan in Iqbal’s couplets

Siina raushan ho to hai soz-e-sukhan ain-e-hayat
Ho na raushan to sukhan marg-e-davam ai saqi
If the heart is lit within, the fire in one's words is life itself; if it is unlit, those words are a lasting death.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Rukh

The face or cheek; also, direction or aspect.

PERSIAN

Mah-rukh

Moon-faced; one whose face is radiant as the moon.

ARABIC

Jalwa

A radiant appearance, manifestation, or display of beauty or splendour.

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