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Zir-o-bam

ज़ीर-ओ-बम
Meaning

Low and high; the depths and heights, the undulations of ground.

Literally: low and high

See it in the verse

Zir-o-bam in Iqbal’s couplets

Be-khatar kud pada aatish-e-Nimrood mein ishq
Aql hai mahv-e-tamasha-e-lab-e-baam abhi
Love leapt fearlessly into the fire — while reason still stood on the rooftop's edge, lost in watching the spectacle.
Courage · Love · Action
Related words
PERSIAN

Nasheb-o-faraz

Ups and downs; the rises and hollows of terrain, figuratively the vicissitudes of life.

PERSIAN

Bulandi

Height, loftiness, elevation, eminence.

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