अहल-ए-ज़ाहिर जिस क़दर चाहें करें बहस-ओ-जिदाल मैं ये समझा हूँ ख़ुदी में तो ख़ुदा मिलता नहीं
— Akbar Allahabadi
Meaning

Superficial people may argue and debate as much as they want, but I have understood that God cannot be found within one's ego.

Explanation

In this reflective couplet, the poet gently steps away from the noisy debates of formalists who obsess over outward rituals. For the true seeker, divine realization is not an intellectual trophy won through religious arguments, but an inward journey of surrender. The real barrier between the heart and the Divine is 'khudi'—our stubborn ego and pride—for God cannot dwell in a space already crowded by the self.

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