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Zulmat-Kada

ज़ुल्मत-कदा
said zul-mat-ka-da
Meaning

An abode of darkness; a place sunk in gloom.

Literally: house of darkness

How Iqbal uses it

The house of darkness names the benighted world or age in Iqbal, the dwelling of ignorance the lamp of the awakened self is sent to illumine.

See it in the verse

Zulmat-Kada in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · Selfhood
Related words
ARABIC

Zulmat

Darkness, gloom; figuratively ignorance and spiritual blindness.

PERSIAN

Taariki

Darkness, obscurity, gloom.

PERSIAN

Shab-e-Tar

A pitch-dark night; a black, lightless night.

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