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Zahr-aalood

ज़हर-आलूद

also written: Zahraalood

Meaning

Poison-tinged; smeared or steeped in venom.

Literally: smeared with poison

See it in the verse

Zahr-aalood in Iqbal’s couplets

Apne bhi khafa mujh se hain begane bhi na-khush
Main zahr-e-halahal ko kabhi kah na saka qand

My own people are displeased with me and strangers are unhappy too; I could never bring myself to call deadly poison sugar.

Courage · Selfhood · Justice

Related words

Zahr

Poison, venom.

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