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Persian · idiom · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Charkh-e-kaj-raftaar

चर्ख़-ए-कज-रफ़्तार
Meaning

The crooked-moving heaven; capricious, unjust fate.

Literally: 'crooked-moving sky'

See it in the verse

Charkh-e-kaj-raftaar in Iqbal’s couplets

Agar kaj-rau hain anjum aasman tera hai ya mera
Mujhe fikr-e-jahan kyun ho jahan tera hai ya mera
If the stars run crooked, is the sky yours or mine? Why should I fret over the world, when the world is yours and not my charge.
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