Arabic · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Tair-e-Haram

तायर-ए-हरम
said taa-ir-e-ha-RAM
Meaning

The bird of the sanctuary; the sacred bird of the Haram.

How Iqbal uses it

The tair-e-haram, the bird dwelling in the sacred precinct, figures the soul that belongs to the holy and is safe within its bounds; Iqbal sets the sanctuary-bird, secure in its sacred home, against the captive bird longing in the worldly cage.