Urdu Dictionary

Urdu · idiom · Mind & Knowledge

Hawa Ka Rukh Dekhna

हवा का रुख़ देखना

also written: hawa ka rukh dekhna

Meaning

To gauge which way circumstances are tending before acting.

Literally: to watch the direction of the wind

See it in the verse

Hawa Ka Rukh Dekhna in Iqbal’s couplets

Zindagi insaan ki ik dam ke siva kuch bhi nahin
Dam hawa ki mauj hai ram ke siva kuch bhi nahin

A human life is nothing more than a single breath — and that breath is a wave of air, nothing but a fleeting movement.

Humility · Awakening · Action

Zahir ki aankh se na tamasha kare koi
Ho dekhna to dida-e-dil va kare koi

Let no one watch the spectacle with the outward eye alone; if you would truly see, open the eye of the heart.

Self-Knowledge · Awakening

Zamistani hawa mein garche thi shamshir ki tezi
Na chhute mujh se london mein bhi aadab-e-sahar-khezi

Though the winter wind cut like the edge of a sword, even in London I never let go of the discipline of rising at dawn.

Action · Courage · Self-Knowledge

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