—afshan—

sharing my love for ink and pages🖤

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Once I heard someone saying:

Muhabbat bari zaalim cheez hai. Paha'ar ko bhi agar muhabbat ho jaye na to wo bhi ander se khohkla ho jaye.

Kabhi kabhi kisi ki nafrat se itna nuqsan nhi hota jitna kisi ki muhabbat mai hota hai. Lekin is sab ke bawajood bhi dil muhabbat karny se baaz nhi ata.

-afshan

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imagine asking me ‘what are we two like’ while I'm in my head thinking this:

kisi khamosh nazam jesa hai wo

kisi alhar nadi jesi houn mein

sakht sardi mai aftaab ki kirnon jesa hai wo

dhoop mei barasti barish jesi houn mein

shaam ki karak chaye jesa hai wo

raat ke thakan zada qahway jesi houn mein

dhanak ke har rang jesa hai wo

siyah ki har par't jesi houn mein

© afshan

[julaibib]

“So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.” Surat Ya-Sin [36:76]

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Why is it always mehboob ya muhabbat and not mehboob ki muhabbat?

-afshan

[julaibib]

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Someone wrote it so beautifully

Main tuhfay mei usay payal de aya, wo chaly gi to mera ishq goonjay ga.

[julaibib]

I seek forgiveness from Allaah for every sin I repented from and then returned to .

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Agar wo poch lein ham se, ke kis baat ka gham hai

To kis baat ka gham hai, agar wo poch lein ham se

[afreenirfanbaig-deactivated2024]

🧠: Treat them like they treated you.

🫀: Prophet ﷺ said: “Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even after they disrespected you.

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Alot has been written about love and loss, for me it is Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s couplet that quietly captures what it truly feels like to be consumed by love — not just its beauty, but its weight too.

Ham pe mushtarka hain ehsaan gham-e-ulfat ke

Itne ehsan ke ginwaun to ginwa na sakoun

Ham ne ishq mein kya khoya hai kya seekha hai

Juz tere aur ko smjhaun to samjha na sakoun

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Muhabbat mai mubtala insan ke liye zaiqay badal jate hain. Pheeki chaye mehboob ke zikar pe meethi lagne lagti hai. Koray saaf asmaan pe qos-e-qazah nazar any lagti hai. Us ke dil se boojh hatne lagte hain, pairon ke neechy se kashish-e-saqal khatam or jism hawa’on mein mehsoos hony lagta hai.

Baab-e-deher az mehrunnisa shahmeer

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tu kisi musannif ki tehreer ho jaise, or mein muta’allay ki shauqeen thehri.

Like you are the creation of an author, and I am fond of reading.

~afshan.

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- “Dil buhat ajeeb sha'y hai itni ke jo insan is ke hazaron tukre krdeta hai, isy marham rakhwany k liye bhi wohi darkar hota hai.”

- “To dimagh sath kyun nhi deta?”

- “Wo bas dair se samajhta hai or tab tak nuksaan ho chuka hota hai.”

| afshan

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Hum un logon ke liye bhi apni pehchan khatam kar ke khud ko badal dety hain jo kabhi hamein samajhne ki koshish tak nhi krty. Aur phir aik din hamein khud ko pehchanna bhi mushkil ho jata hai.

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Zindagi mei aik shakhs aesa zuroor hota hai jisy khone se ham darte hain, jisy dekh ke lagta hai ke is ke jany se hayat veraan ho jaye gi ya jis ki maujoodgi mai ham khul ke sans le sakte hain kyun ke hamein pata hota hai ke ye insan hamein judge nhi kry ga.

–afshan

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Kabhi jab hum kisi ko khona nahi chahte, is liye khud ko kho dete hain. Aur jab hosh aata hai, toh na woh rehta hai na hum pehle jaise rehte hain.

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i will be forever grateful to Allāh for blessing me with a heart that celebrates others rather than secretly hating or envying them.