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ghafil(m): unaware

Description of ghafil: Ghafil is an Urdu adjective meaning heedless, unaware, or neglectful, often implying obliviousness to one's surroundings or spiritual duties. Unlike yahil, which denotes outright ignorance or rudeness, ghafil suggests a passive unawareness without malice. Differs from ghaflat, its noun form referring to the state of negligence. In Persian-influenced Urdu poetry, it evokes souls lost in worldly distractions, ignoring divine callings, as in Sufi verses by Rumi.

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baad-go main raha rahine-sitmaha-e-rozgaar

lekin tere khayaal se

ghafil nahin raha

though i was a prisoner

to the cruelties of daily life

i never lost

the thoughts of you

Mirza Ghalib (63)

rahine (m) (1)

prisoner

sitmaha (m) (1)

oppressor

rozgaar (m) (1)

dailylife

khayaal (m) (15)

thoughts

ghafil (m) (1)

unaware

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