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Khana-kharab

ख़ाना-ख़राब

also written: Khanakharab

Meaning

One whose house is ruined; wretched, destitute, undone.

Literally: Khana (house) plus kharab (ruined).

How Iqbal uses it

The term is half self-curse, half tender plea; Iqbal calls his own sin khana-kharab to stress the desolation of the wrongdoer who can only throw himself on his Lord's grace.

See it in the verse

Khana-kharab in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein

Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.

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Related words

PERSIAN

Kharaabaat

The tavern or wine-quarter, literally 'the ruins'; in Sufi poetry the place of self-annihilation where the wine of divine love is served.

ARABIC

Jurm

Crime, sin, or offence.

PERSIAN

Veerana

A desolate wilderness or ruined wasteland.

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