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Toor-e-Sina

तूर-ए-सीना
said toor-e-see-naa
also written: toor e sina, toore sina, tur-e-sina
Meaning

Mount Sinai; the mountain where the Divine light flashed upon Moses, a recurring emblem of theophany.

Literally: toor (mount) + Sina (Sinai)

See it in the verse

Toor-e-Sina in Iqbal’s couplets

Siina raushan ho to hai soz-e-sukhan ain-e-hayat
Ho na raushan to sukhan marg-e-davam ai saqi
If the heart is lit within, the fire in one's words is life itself; if it is unlit, those words are a lasting death.
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Related words
ARABIC

Toor

Mount Sinai, where Moses received revelation and beheld the divine theophany.

PERSIAN

Seena

The breast, the chest — where breath and inner fire dwell.

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