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Teen-tera karna

तीन-तेरह करना

Meaning

To scatter or squander; to throw into disarray.

Literally: to make three-thirteen

See it in the verse

Teen-tera karna in Iqbal’s couplets

Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Dard-mandon se zaeefon se mohabbat karna

Let my work be to defend the poor — to love the suffering and the weak.

Justice · Humility · Love

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