Pakistan's Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos: Why the name, what it means

India Today

10-05-2025

Pakistan fired drones and missiles, including a Fattah-1 missile, at India in a pre-dawn strike on Saturday under what Pakistani media called Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos. The firing of the Fattah-1 ballistic missile came as Pakistan escalated the situation a day earlier targeting 26 locations in India with drones and missiles after India's Operation Sindoor."Pakistan has started 'Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos'," reported Radio Pakistan.advertisementOperation Bunyan Ul Marsoos or Bunyan-un-Marsoos or Bunyanun Marsoos means "solid wall of lead".
Bunyan Ul Marsoos is a verse from the Quran, the holy book of Muslims.According to Al Jazeera, "Bunyan Marsoos is an Arabic phrase which directly translates into 'a structure made of lead'."According to the Qatar-based Al Jazeera, the verse from Quran reads: "Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure."With the name, Pakistan likely wants to portray itself as an impregnable wall or structure fighting for a cause.Click Here For Operation Sindoor Live UpdatesThe massive escalation comes after India hit terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) as part of Operation Sindoor after the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attacks in which 26 civilians were killed.advertisementIndia attacked nine sites in Pakistan and POK as part of the aerial strikes on May 7.Pakistan must have named its military misadventurism -- Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos -- because it has been breached.It was the first time since the 1971 War that India hit a target in Punjab province, deep in Pakistan territory. The terror camp in Pakistan's Punjab was 100km from the border.The use of Quranic verse could also be part of the pattern of giving the attacks a religious tone.At Pahalgam on April 22, Pakistani and Pakistan-trained terrorists asked the tourists to read kalma to identify the non-Muslims, and shot them dead from point-blank range in front of their family members.The communal line in the attack also comes after the dog-whistling by General Asim Munir."Our forefathers believed that we were different from Hindus in every possible aspect of life. Our religion is different. Our customs are different... That was the foundation of the Two-Nation Theory," said General Munir on April 16.This was perceived as a signal to the Pakistani terror assets, according to reports.Pakistan has been targeting gurdwaras, convents and temples in India with drones and missiles since Operation Sindoor. While India targeted only terror camps, Pakistan has tried to hit civilian and military areas.advertisement"Pakistan is again trying desperately to impart a communal hue to the situation with an intention to create discord. We are not surprised," Misri added. "India's steadfast unity in itself is a challenge to Pakistan," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on May 9.Politicians in India have also called out Pakistan's subterfuge."This act [Pahalgam attack] shows you [Pakistan] are the successors of ISIS," Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said after the Pahalgam attacks."Be it ISI or ISIS or the deep state establishment of Pakistan, they want communal riots between Hindus and Muslims. The reason why our Hindu brothers were killed was that they wanted to tell us that non-Muslims cannot come to Kashmir," he said.It is no secret to the international community that Pakistan is a breeding ground for Islamic terrorism. It has tried using these terrorists in its project to bleed India with a "thousand cuts". The use of a verse from the Quran -- Bunyan Ul Marsoos -- to name its mission to target Indian civilian sites and protect terrorists won't cover for its diabolical and fiendish ambition.Must Watch