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Baal ki khaal nikaalna

बाल की खाल निकालना
Meaning

To split hairs; to be excessively pedantic.

Literally: to peel the skin off a hair

See it in the verse

Baal ki khaal nikaalna in Iqbal’s couplets

Jawanon ko meri aah-e-sahar de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Give the young my dawn-time sigh of longing — and give these falcon-children their wings and their feathers once more.
Youth · The Falcon · Aspiration
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