Arabic · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Tahzeeb-o-Tamaddun

तहज़ीब-ओ-तमद्दुन

said tah-zeeb-o-ta-mad-dun

also written: Tahzib-o-Tamaddun

Meaning

Civilisation and culture; refined social life and its institutions.

Literally: culture and civic life

How Iqbal uses it

The full fabric of a civilisation, its manners and its institutions. Iqbal weighs the tahzeeb-o-tamaddun of East and West, judging each by whether it nourishes the human soul.

See it in the verse

Tahzeeb-o-Tamaddun in Iqbal’s couplets

Tumhari tahzib apne khanjar se aap hi khud-kushi karegi
Jo shakh-e-nazuk pe aashiyana banega na-paedar hoga

Your civilisation will take its own life with its own dagger; a nest built on a fragile branch will never last.

Adversity · Self-Knowledge · Justice

Related words

ARABIC

Tahzeeb

Civilization, culture, refinement of manners.

ARABIC

Tamaddun

Civilization, urban culture, social and communal life.

ARABIC

Saqaafat

Culture; intellectual and artistic life of a people.

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