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farishta(m): angel

Description of farishta: Farishta is an Urdu word meaning "angel," referring to a celestial being as a messenger or benevolent spirit in Islamic tradition. Unlike demons or malevolent jinn, farishta embodies purity, grace, and divine intervention. Differs from human souls by its ethereal, immortal nature unbound by earthly limitations. In Urdu poetry, farishta symbolizes unattainable beauty, as in Ghalib's verses evoking heavenly love.

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khuda bachaaye tere mast mast aankhon se

farishta ho to behak jaaye

aadmi kya hai

god help us with

your intoxicating eyes

those than can get angels drunk

what hope does a man have

Khumar Barabankvi (6)

khuda (m) (31)

god

bachaaye (1)

save

mast (m) (2)

intoxication, carefree

aankhon (m) (12)

eyes

farishta (m) (1)

angel

behak (m) (2)

drunk

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