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Chashm-o-chiraagh

चश्म-ओ-चिराग़
Meaning

The apple of one's eye; a cherished child, light of the family.

Literally: 'eye and lamp'

See it in the verse

Chashm-o-chiraagh in Iqbal’s couplets

Keh raha hai mujh se ae joya-e-asrar-e-azal
Chashm-e-dil wa ho to hai taqdeer-e-aalam be-hijab
He says to me: O seeker of the secrets of eternity, if the eye of the heart opens, the destiny of the world stands unveiled.
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