Persian · noun · Faith & Sacred History
Sang-e-Aswad
संग-ए-असवद
said sang-e-AS-wad
also written: Hajar-e-Aswad, Black Stone
Meaning
The Black Stone set in a corner of the Kaaba, kissed or touched by pilgrims during the circumambulation.
Literally: the black stone
How Iqbal uses it
Iqbal references the Sang-e-Aswad as the sacred stone at the heart of the pilgrim's rite around the Kaaba. It serves as a token of devotion sanctified by the worshippers' reverence rather than by itself.
See it in the verse
Sang-e-Aswad in Iqbal’s couplets
Jahan-e-taza ki afkar-e-taza se hai numood
Ki sang-o-khisht se hote nahin jahan paida
Ki sang-o-khisht se hote nahin jahan paida
A new world comes into being from new thoughts — for worlds are not built out of stone and brick.
Action · Aspiration · Awakening
Wahi jahan hai tera jis ko tu kare paida
Ye sang-o-khisht nahin jo teri nigah mein hai
Ye sang-o-khisht nahin jo teri nigah mein hai
Yours alone is the world you yourself create; not this one of stone and brick that lies before your eyes.
Selfhood · Action · Aspiration