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Urdu · proverb · Everyday Life

Billi ke bhaagon chhinka toota

बिल्ली के भागों छींका टूटा

Meaning

An undeserved stroke of luck; good fortune by sheer chance.

Literally: the hanging-net broke by the cat's luck

See it in the verse

Billi ke bhaagon chhinka toota in Iqbal’s couplets

Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye

The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.

Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood

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