Persian · noun · Spirit & the Divine
Shahbaz-e-Lamakan
शहबाज़-ए-लामकाँ
said shah-BAAZ-e-laa-ma-KAAN
also written: shahbaz-e-lamakan, falcon of the placeless
Meaning
The falcon of the placeless realm; the soaring spirit-bird at home in the boundless space beyond the material world.
Literally: falcon of no-place
How Iqbal uses it
Iqbal's royal falcon belongs to lamakan, the realm beyond space, soaring past the bounded sky into the limitless world of the spirit.
See it in the verse
Shahbaz-e-Lamakan in Iqbal’s couplets
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