Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Sahra-e-Adam
सहरा-ए-अदम
said SEH-raa-e-a-DAM
also written: sahra-e-adam
Meaning
The wilderness of non-being; the desert of nothingness from which beings emerge and to which they return.
Literally: desert of nothingness
See it in the verse
Sahra-e-Adam in Iqbal’s couplets
Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye
The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.
Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood
Sama sakta nahin pahna-e-fitrat mein mera sauda
Ghalat tha ai junun shayad tera andaza-e-sahra
Ghalat tha ai junun shayad tera andaza-e-sahra
My passion cannot be contained even in the vastness of nature; O madness, perhaps your measure of the desert was wrong.
Restlessness · Aspiration · Selfhood