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Zarb-ul-Masal

ज़र्ब-उल-मसल
said ZARB-ul-ma-SAL
also written: Zarbul Masal,Zarb-ul-Misal
Meaning

A proverb or popular saying; a maxim in common currency.

Literally: the striking of a proverb

See it in the verse

Zarb-ul-Masal in Iqbal’s couplets

Nazar nahin to mere halqa-e-sukhan mein na baith
Ki nukta-ha-e-khudi hain misal-e-tegh-e-asil
If you have no vision, do not sit in my circle of speech — for the subtleties of selfhood are like a sword of true steel.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Courage
Aaya hai tu jahan mein misal-e-sharar dekh
Dam de na jaye hasti-na-paayedar dekh
You have come into the world like a spark — see that this fleeting existence does not slip away from you.
Action · Awakening · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Muhavara

An idiom or established turn of phrase whose meaning is fixed by usage rather than its literal words.

ARABIC

Irsal-e-Masal

The device of clinching a verse with a proverb or maxim, lending it the force of accepted wisdom.

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