The words in ur post, “As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice…” remind me of Surah Ghashiyyah and the mention in it of four things created by Allah: the camel, the mountains, the sky and earth. All have an arc in their shape and such a shape would require very precise balance to remain stable. And one of the reasons for naming these four together could be to point out that this similarity in shape also denotes balance in their creation. Do u agree?
It's possible. I've thought a lot about why Iqbal used these four. It's also related to his usage of the words "elements," since in Greek medicine, the whole human was made up of four elements. The allusion there as well is of balance, because in Greek thought, sickness happened when the four elements were out of balance
The words in ur post, “As for the sky, He raised it ˹high˺, and set the balance ˹of justice…” remind me of Surah Ghashiyyah and the mention in it of four things created by Allah: the camel, the mountains, the sky and earth. All have an arc in their shape and such a shape would require very precise balance to remain stable. And one of the reasons for naming these four together could be to point out that this similarity in shape also denotes balance in their creation. Do u agree?
It's possible. I've thought a lot about why Iqbal used these four. It's also related to his usage of the words "elements," since in Greek medicine, the whole human was made up of four elements. The allusion there as well is of balance, because in Greek thought, sickness happened when the four elements were out of balance
Could you post a link to the original Urdu, please, as well?
Oh whoops! I was supposed to do that in the actual post. Here it is