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Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Sanam-tarash

सनम-तराश
Meaning

An idol-carver; one who fashions images for worship.

Literally: idol-carver

How Iqbal uses it

The poet casts the heart itself as a sanam-tarash, forever sculpting fresh idols of desire to bow before.

See it in the verse

Sanam-tarash in Iqbal’s couplets

Main jo sar-ba-sajda hua kabhi to zameen se aane lagi sada
Tera dil to hai sanam-aashna tujhe kya milega namaz mein
Whenever I bowed my head in prostration, a voice rose from the earth: your heart is in love with idols — what will you gain from prayer?
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Related words
PERSIAN

Butt-garaai

Idol-making; the carving and fashioning of images.

ARABIC

Azar

Azar, the idol-maker named in the Quran as the father (or kinsman) of Abraham; emblem of the idol-carver whose son broke the idols.

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