Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society

Tehzeeb-o-Tamaddun

तहज़ीब-ओ-तमद्दुन

said tah-ZEEB-o-ta-mad-DUN

also written: tehzeeb o tamaddun, civilization and culture, tahzeeb o tamaddun

Meaning

'Civilization and culture' taken together; the whole fabric of a people's collective life. Iqbal's comparative lens for setting the Islamic order beside the modern Western one.

See it in the verse

Tehzeeb-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.

PERSIAN

Tahzeeb-e-Hazir

'Modern / present-day civilization' — the contemporary Western order. Iqbal's standing critique: brilliant in science and machinery, hollow at the centre, having lost God and the soul.

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