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1 Urdu couplets and shers with jabr

jabr(m): oppression, compulsion

Description of jabr: Jabr is an Arabic word meaning "force," "restoration," or "compulsion," historically denoting a mathematical operation of restoring or balancing equations by moving terms across sides. Unlike its modern derivative algebra, which stems from Al-Khwarizmi's treatise Al-Jabr formalizing quadratic solutions, it originally lacked symbolic notation, relying on rhetorical descriptions of roots and squares. Differs from the proper name Jabr, a Christian slave from Hadramaut accused by Quraysh of teaching Prophet Muhammad,

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jabr-e-maahaul ki zulmatmein bhi ehsaas mera

noor afshaan hai

jamaal-e-rukh-e-farda ki tarah

even in today’s

oppressive darkness, i feel

the light is spreading

like the beautiful face of the future

Shad (1)
noor (m) (10)

light, radiance

rukh (m) (13)

face, direction

jabr (m) (1)

oppression, compulsion

maahaul (m) (1)

surrounding, ambience

zulmat (f) (2)

darkness

afshaan (m) (1)

glitter, spreading

jamaal (m) (4)

light, beauty, elegance

farda (m) (2)

dawn, tomorrow

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