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

shaikh: holy man, scholar

1 / 5: shaikh

ye masjid hai ye maikhaanatajjub is par aataa hai

janaab-e-shaikh ka naqsh-e-qadam

yuun bhi hai aur yuun bhi

here the mosque, there the tavern

how odd indeed

the footprints of the holy man

are seen here and there too

Saail Dehlvi (2)
masjid (6)

mosque

tavern, bar

tajjub (1)

wonder, amazement

janaab (1)

respected person

shaikh (5)

holy man, scholar

naqsh (2)

impression, mark, imprint

qadam (5)

step

yuun (4)

like this, in this way

Theme: Religion, Reason, & Tradition (70)

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2 / 5: shaikh

kuchh khuda ke qahr kuchh inaam

ki baaten karein

the cleric and the priest

talk of their faiths

talking of god's wrath

and sometimes of divine favor

shaikh (5)

holy man, scholar

pandit (1)

priest, scholar

islam (2)

religion

khuda (30)

god

qahr (1)

calamity / force / wrath

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3 / 5: shaikh

muraaqabe mein

bata subh-o-shaam kya dekha

someone ask the holy man

as to what he saw

when he closed his eyes

in meditation from dawn to dusk

shaikh (5)

holy man, scholar

eyes

in meditation

bata (9)

speak, tell

subh (7)

morning, dawn

shaam (20)

evening

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4 / 5: shaikh

daaman nichoD de to

farishte vazu karen

mock not, o preacher,

my wet robe

if i wring my garment

angels would wash for prayer

tar (2)

wet

shaikh (5)

holy man, scholar

daaman (6)

hem (clothes), lap

nichoD (1)

squeeze, wring

angels

vazu (1)

ablution

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5 / 5: shaikh

sab kuchh bashar ki dil mein hai

aye shaikh, kya naheen?

no memory of idols

nor any thought of god

all is within the human heart

what is not there, o preacher?

yaad (34)

memory, remember

butaan (2)

beloved

khayaal (14)

thoughts

khuda (30)

god

bashar (1)

mankind, human

shaikh (5)

holy man, scholar

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