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Sar-e-Maqtal

सर-ए-मक़्तल
Meaning

At the place of slaughter; on the very scaffold of martyrdom.

Literally: head of the killing-ground

See it in the verse

Sar-e-Maqtal 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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