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Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Tair-e-Sidra

तायर-ए-सिदरा
said taa-yir-e-sid-raa
also written: tair-e-sidra, bird of the lote-tree
Meaning

The bird of the Lote-Tree of the Boundary; emblem of the highest-soaring spirit at the limit of the heavens.

See it in the verse

Tair-e-Sidra in Iqbal’s couplets

Ai tair-e-lahooti us rizq se maut achhi
Jis rizq se aati ho parvaaz mein kotahi
O celestial bird, better death than the sustenance that brings any shortfall to your flight.
Freedom · The Falcon
Related words
ARABIC

Sidra

The lote-tree marking the farthest boundary of the heavens in Islamic cosmology.

PERSIAN

Huma

The mythical bird of fortune whose shadow is said to confer kingship.

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