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Sur

सूर
Meaning

A horn or trumpet; famously the trumpet that sounds on the Day of Resurrection.

See it in the verse

Sur in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ho ilm se mohkam to ghairat-e-Jibril
Agar ho ishq se mohkam to soor-e-Israfil
A selfhood made firm by knowledge can rival the angel of revelation; a selfhood made firm by love can rival the trumpet that wakes the world.
Selfhood · Love · Action
Related words
PERSIAN

Karnal

A long war-trumpet sounded to signal or to rally troops.

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