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

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mohabbat ne zulmat se kaadhaa hai noor

na hoti mohabbat

na hota zuhoor

from gloom, love drew

the radiance of light

without love

there is no sight

Meer Taqi Meer (13)

mohabbat (39)

love

zulmat (2)

darkness

kaadhaa (1)

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noor (10)

light, radiance

zuhoor (1)

sight, manifestation

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