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Sho'la-bayaan

शोला-बयाँ
said SHO-la-ba-yaan
Meaning

Whose speech is like flame; a fiery, impassioned orator or poet.

Literally: flame-speech

How Iqbal uses it

The kindling rhetorician whose words burn and rouse; a high compliment for verse and oratory that sets hearts ablaze.

See it in the verse

Sho'la-bayaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Andaz-e-bayan garche bahut shokh nahin hai
Shayad ki utar jaye tere dil mein meri baat
Though my manner of saying it is not especially dazzling — perhaps, even so, my words may sink into your heart.
Humility · Love
Related words
PERSIAN

Sharar / Shola

Spark (sharar) and flame (shola).

PERSIAN

Aatish-nafas

Of fiery breath; whose every word or sigh scorches like fire.

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