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Chaand par thookna

चाँद पर थूकना
Meaning

To slander the great, only shaming oneself.

Literally: to spit at the moon

See it in the verse

Chaand par thookna in Iqbal’s couplets

Har shai musafir har cheez raahi
Kya chand tare kya murgh o maahi
Every thing is a traveller, every object a wayfarer — whether the moon and stars, or the birds and the fish.
Restlessness · Action · Unity
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