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Baadal phatna

बादल फटना
Meaning

For a sudden calamity to burst forth.

Literally: the cloud bursts

See it in the verse

Baadal phatna in Iqbal’s couplets

Khud badalte nahin Quran ko badal dete hain
Hue kis darja faqeehan-e-haram be-taufeeq
They will not change themselves, so they reinterpret the Quran instead — how utterly bereft of grace the jurists of the sanctuary have become.
Justice · Awakening · Courage
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