Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History
Sama-khana
समाख़ाना
said sa-maa-khaa-na
also written: samakhana, sama-khana
Meaning
A hall in a Sufi lodge where the audition of mystical music and the sama gathering takes place.
Literally: sama (spiritual audition) + khana (house).
See it in the verse
Sama-khana in Iqbal’s couplets
Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · 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
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