Arabic · noun · Spirit & the Divine
Sirr-e-Haqiqat
सिर्र-ए-हक़ीक़त
said SIRR-e ha-qee-QAT
Meaning
The secret of ultimate reality, the hidden truth at the heart of existence.
Literally: the secret of the Real
How Iqbal uses it
Iqbal teaches that the secret of reality opens not to idle speculation but to the self that lives, loves and acts its way toward the truth.
See it in the verse
Sirr-e-Haqiqat in Iqbal’s couplets
Kabhi ai haqeeqat-e-muntazir nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein
Ki hazaron sajde tarap rahe hain meri jabeen-e-niyaz mein
Ki hazaron sajde tarap rahe hain meri jabeen-e-niyaz mein
O long-awaited Truth, show yourself once in the dress of the visible — for a thousand prostrations are stirring restlessly on my brow of longing.
Love · Aspiration · Restlessness
Khudi mein doob ja ghafil, ye sirr-e-zindagani hai
Nikal kar halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se javedan ho ja
Nikal kar halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se javedan ho ja
Dive into your selfhood, O heedless one — this is the secret of life. Step out of the ring of evening and morning, and become everlasting.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Awakening