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Andheri

अँधेरी
said an-DHE-ree
Meaning

Dark (feminine); a dark night.

How Iqbal uses it

Used of the dark night, andheri deepens the imagery of the long night of the spirit and the community that yearns for the returning dawn.

See it in the verse

Andheri in Iqbal’s couplets

Milega manzil-e-maqsud ka usi ko suragh
Andheri shab mein hai cheete ki aankh jis ka charagh
Only that traveller finds the trace of the intended destination whose lamp, in the dark night, is the eye of a leopard.
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Related words
URDU

Andhera

Darkness, the absence of light.

URDU

Raat

Night.

PERSIAN

Shab

Night.

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