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Billi Ke Bhagyon Chheenka Toota

बिल्ली के भाग्यों छींका टूटा
also written: billi ke bhagyon chhinka toota
Meaning

An undeserved windfall falling by sheer luck.

Literally: by the cat's luck the hanging shelf broke

See it in the verse

Billi Ke Bhagyon Chheenka 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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