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Tahi-dast

तहीदस्त

Meaning

Empty-handed, penniless, destitute.

Literally: empty of hand

How Iqbal uses it

true

See it in the verse

Tahi-dast in Iqbal’s couplets

Tahi zindagi se nahin ye fazayen
Yahan saikron karwan aur bhi hain

These open skies are not empty of life — here there are hundreds of other caravans as well.

Hope · Aspiration · Unity

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