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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
PERSIAN

Zahr

Poison, venom; figuratively bitterness or something deadly.

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