teri wafa se kya ho talafi ke dahr meiN tere siwaa bhi ham pey bahut se sitam huwe likhtey rahe junuN ki Hikayat e khuun chakaN har chand is meiN haath hamare qalam huwe
Comes in handy as a response to painful solutions dard.e.sar ke waastey sandal lagaanaa hai mufeed is kaa ghisnaa aur lagaanaa, khud bhi ek sar.dard hai
na tha kuch to khuda tha, na hota kuch to khuda hota; duboya mujh ko hone ne, na hota mai to kya hota?
zāhid sharāb peene de masjid mai bet kar ya wau jagga bata jahan khuda nahin [Mirza Ghālib] masjid khuda ka ghar hai peene ki jagga nahin kāfir kai dil mai ja, waha khuda nahin [Iqbāl's response]
محمد کی محبت دین حق کی شرط اول ہے اسی میں ہو اگر خامی تو سب کچھ نامکمل ہے In the true religion, the love of Mohammed is prerequisite! If this itself is flawed, everything else is incomplete!
classic akbar ilahbadi: --- rang chehre ka to college ne bhi rakha qayim rang e baaTin meiN magar baap se beTa na mila sayyid uThe jo gazette le ke to lakhoN laaye shaykh qur'an dikhate phire paisa na milaa ---- duniya meiN huN duniya ka talabgar nahiN huN baazar se guzra huN kharidaar nahiN huN zinda huN magar zeest ki lazzat nahiN baaqi har chand ke huN hosh meiN hoshiyar nahiN huN afsurdah huN ibrat se dawa ki nahiN haajat gham ka mujhe ye zu'uf hai beemar nahiN huN woh gul huN khizaN ne jise barbad kiya hai uljhuN kisi daaman se main woh khaar nahiN huN go da'awa e taqwa nahiN dargah e khuda meiN but jis se hoN khush, aysa gunahgar nahiN huN ----- a fine example of sahl mumtaniy: Allah bacha'ye maraz e ishq se dil ko suntey haiN ke ye aarizah ach'cha nahiN hotaa [ach'cha nahiN hota is used both as "not good" and "won't be cured"] hum aah bhi kartey haiN to ho jaatey haiN badnaam woh qatl bhi kartey haiN to charcha nahiN hotaa
kahūn kis se maiN kih kyā hai - shab-e ġham burī balā hai! mujhe kyā burā thā marnā agar ek bār hotā.
masjid to banadi shab-bhar mai iman ki hararat walo ne man apna purana paapi tha barso mai namazi ban na saka.