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Sood-o-ziyaan

सूद-ओ-ज़ियाँ
Meaning

Profit and loss; the reckoning of gain and harm.

Literally: 'profit and loss'

See it in the verse

Sood-o-ziyaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Kyun ziyaankaar banun sood-faramosh rahun
Fikr-e-farda na karun mahv-e-gham-e-doosh rahun
Why should I make myself a loser, forgetful of all gain — give no thought to tomorrow and stay lost in yesterday's grief?
Restlessness · Courage · Awakening
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