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Jaan Par Khelna

जान पर खेलना
Meaning

To risk everything; to gamble with one's life.

Literally: to play with one's life

See it in the verse

Jaan Par Khelna in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye
A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.
Leadership · Aspiration
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