Word Meaning
मिल्लतें
millaten
Meaning
Religions, creeds, sectarian communities, or formal faiths.
Detailed Meaning
Plural of 'millat', designating established religious creeds, sects, or confessional communities. In Ghalib's verse, it signifies the superficial and divisive institutional boundaries of religion that melt away under true monotheistic realization (tauheed). Once these rigid distinctions dissolve, their core spiritual truths become constitutive elements of universal faith.
Etymology
Arabic origin from 'millah' (مِلَّة), meaning a religion, faith community, or creed.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, the term often contrasts rigid institutional religions with the boundless, unifying love of mystic spirituality.
Examples
Transcend the divides of different creeds to find unity.
When formal creeds dissolve, only love remains.