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Patthar Phenkna

पत्थर फेंकना

also written: pathar phenkna

Meaning

To cast aspersions or attack someone with words.

Literally: to throw stones

See it in the verse

Patthar Phenkna in Iqbal’s couplets

Patthar ki mooraton mein samjha hai tu Khuda hai
Khaak-e-watan ka mujh ko har zarra devta hai

You have imagined that God dwells within stone idols — for me, every single speck of my homeland's dust is itself a deity.

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