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Urdu · proverb · Character & Virtue

Loha garam dekhkar chot karna

लोहा गरम देखकर चोट करना

Meaning

To strike while the iron is hot; to seize the moment.

Literally: to strike seeing the iron is hot

See it in the verse

Loha garam dekhkar chot karna in Iqbal’s couplets

Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Dard-mandon se zaeefon se mohabbat karna

Let my work be to defend the poor — to love the suffering and the weak.

Justice · Humility · Love

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