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1 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

maqbool: to be accepted, popular

1 / 1: maqbool

maqbool ho na ho yeh muqaddar ki baat hai

sajde kisi ke dar pe

kiye ja raha huun main

whether accepted or not

it is a matter of fate

but at someone’s doorstep

i am prostrate in prayer

Josh Malsiani (1)

1971: Padma Shri

muqaddar (8)

fate, fortune

maqbool (1)

to be accepted, popular

sajde (1)

prostrate in prayer

dar (9)

window, door, gate

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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