Urdu Dictionary

Urdu · proverb · Nation, Faith & Society

Ek ganda machhli poore talaab ko ganda karti hai

एक गंदी मछली पूरे तालाब को गंदा करती है

Meaning

A single bad element corrupts the whole.

Literally: one rotten fish fouls the whole pond

See it in the verse

Ek ganda machhli poore talaab ko ganda karti hai in Iqbal’s couplets

Dil-e-bina bhi kar khuda se talab
Aankh ka nuur dil ka nuur nahin

Ask also for a seeing heart; the light of the eye is not the light of the heart.

Self-Knowledge · Awakening

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