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

qurbaan: sacrifice

1 / 1: qurbaan

kahte hain teri zulf koon dekh ahl-e-shariat

qurbaan hai is kufr par

imaan hamara

when the scholars of sharia

call your hair heresy

we will sacrifice our faith

at that blasphemy's altar

Siraj Aurangabadi (4)

zulf (7)

tresses (of a woman)

koon (3)

poetic form of ko

ahl (4)

people

religious law

sacrifice

kufr (3)

ungrateful, impious

par (15)

wings, feathers / upon

faith

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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