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1 Urdu couplets and shers with maasoom

maasoom(m): innocent

Description of maasoom: Maasoom is an Urdu word meaning innocent, pure, or sinless, often describing someone free from guilt or moral fault. Unlike sinners burdened by wrongdoing, it evokes untainted virtue and childlike simplicity. Differs from mere naivety by implying divine or inherent impeccability, as in Islamic contexts for prophets. In Urdu poetry, it portrays the beloved's flawless beauty, like Ghalib's verses celebrating eternal, untouched grace.

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maasoom hai maasoom bahut aman ki devi

qabze mein liye

khanjar-e-khoon khaar abhi tak

pure and innocent

the goddess of peace

but in her grasp

remains the murderous dagger

Aarif Naqshbandi (1)

maasoom (m) (1)

innocent

aman (m) (3)

peace

khanjar (m) (5)

dagger

khoon (m) (6)

blood

khaar (m) (2)

thorn

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