Urdu · proverb · Nation, Faith & Society
Ek Anaar Sau Beemar
एक अनार सौ बीमार
also written: ek anar sau bimar
Meaning
Too many claimants for a single scarce thing.
Literally: one pomegranate, a hundred sick people
See it in the verse
Ek Anaar Sau Beemar in Iqbal’s couplets
Mohabbat hi se payi hai shifa beemar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne
It is by love that ailing peoples have found their cure — by love that peoples have woken their sleeping fortune.
Love · Unity · Hope
Sau sau umiden bandhti hai ik ik nigah par
Mujh ko na aise pyar se dekha kare koi
Mujh ko na aise pyar se dekha kare koi
A hundred hopes are pinned on every single glance — let no one look at me with such love.
Love · Humility · Aspiration
Baatil se dabne wale ai aasman nahin ham
Sau baar kar chuka hai tu imtihan hamara
Sau baar kar chuka hai tu imtihan hamara
We are not the kind to be crushed by falsehood, O sky; a hundred times already you have tested us.
Courage · Adversity