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Urdu · proverb · Nation, Faith & Society

Ghar ka jogi jogna aan gaon ka siddh

घर का जोगी जोगड़ा आन गाँव का सिद्ध

Meaning

A local expert is undervalued while the stranger is revered.

Literally: the home ascetic is a fake, the outsider a saint

See it in the verse

Ghar ka jogi jogna aan gaon ka siddh in Iqbal’s couplets

Har lehza hai momin ki nayi shaan nayi aan
Guftar mein kirdar mein Allah ki burhan

Every moment the man of faith wears a new splendour, a new grace; in his speech and in his character, he is the proof of God.

Selfhood · Action · Awakening

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