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Marg-o-Zeest

मर्ग-ओ-ज़ीस्त
said marg-o-zeest
Meaning

Death and life; existence and its extinction considered together.

Literally: lit. death and living

See it in the verse

Marg-o-Zeest in Iqbal’s couplets

Siina raushan ho to hai soz-e-sukhan ain-e-hayat
Ho na raushan to sukhan marg-e-davam ai saqi
If the heart is lit within, the fire in one's words is life itself; if it is unlit, those words are a lasting death.
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