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Sar-dhad ki baazi

सर-धड़ की बाज़ी
Meaning

A life-and-death gamble.

Literally: a wager of head and trunk

See it in the verse

Sar-dhad ki baazi in Iqbal’s couplets

Main jo sar-ba-sajda hua kabhi to zameen se aane lagi sada
Tera dil to hai sanam-aashna tujhe kya milega namaz mein
Whenever I bowed my head in prostration, a voice rose from the earth: your heart is in love with idols — what will you gain from prayer?
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