Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine

Sair-anillah

सैर-अनिल्लाह

said SAIR-a-nil-LAAH

also written: sair-anillah

Meaning

The 'journey from God'; the return arc in which the realized soul comes back to creation to guide others.

Literally: the journey from God (back to creation)

Usage & notes

Iqbal's ideal mirrors this return — the realized self comes back to the world to act and lead, not to remain lost in absorption.

Related words

The 'journey in God'; the inward arc of the path traversing the infinite reaches of the Divine after reaching Him.

Subsistence, abiding; in Sufism, the state of permanence in God following annihilation.