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Persian · noun · Qualities & Descriptions
Rast-o-Kham
रास्त-ओ-ख़म
Meaning
Straight and bent; the level and the crooked of a path or matter.
See it in the verse
Rast-o-Kham in Iqbal’s couplets
Pukhta hoti hai agar maslahat-andesh ho aql
Ishq ho maslahat-andesh to hai khaam abhi
Reason ripens when it learns to calculate advantage; but love that calculates advantage is still unripe.
Love · Courage · Action
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