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Mar-e-astin

मारे आस्तीन
Meaning

A snake in the sleeve; a hidden traitor nursed close, the treacherous friend one warms only to be bitten.

Literally: snake in the sleeve

See it in the verse

Mar-e-astin in Iqbal’s couplets

Ho agar khudnigar-o-khudgar-o-khudgir khudi
Ye bhi mumkin hai ki tu maut se bhi mar na sake
If your selfhood becomes self-seeing, self-making and self-possessed, it is even possible that not even death can make you die.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge
Related words
PERSIAN

Mar

A snake or serpent; the Persian word, guardian of hidden treasure in lore.

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