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Phoonk Phoonk Kar Qadam Rakhna

फूँक फूँक कर क़दम रखना
also written: phoonk phoonk kar kadam rakhna
Meaning

To proceed with extreme caution.

Literally: to set each step after blowing on the ground

See it in the verse

Phoonk Phoonk Kar Qadam Rakhna in Iqbal’s couplets

Mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna
Hindi hain hum, watan hai Hindostan hamara
Religion does not teach us to hold enmity among ourselves. We are of Hind, and Hindustan is our homeland.
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