Persian · proper noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Zarb-e-Kaleem
ज़र्ब-ए-कलीम
said ZARB-e-ka-LEEM
also written: zarb e kaleem, zarb-e-kalim, the rod of moses, stroke of moses
Meaning
'The Rod of Moses', Iqbal's 1936 Urdu collection subtitled 'a declaration of war against the present age', his most direct poetic assault on modern Western civilization, capitalism and irreligion.
Related words
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.
ARABIC
Maddiyat
Materialism; the doctrine that matter is all. Iqbal held it the root malady of modern Western civilization — vast in power over things, blind to spirit and the self.
PERSIAN
Bal-e-Jibril
'Gabriel's Wing', Iqbal's celebrated 1935 Urdu collection containing 'Masjid-e-Qurtuba', 'Saqi Nama' and 'Lenin' — among the summits of his engagement with faith, power and the modern world.