सुना है हश्र में हर आँख उसे बे-पर्दा देखेगी मुझे डर है न तौहीन-ए-जमाल-ए-यार हो जाए
— Jigar Moradabadi
Meaning

I have heard that on the Day of Judgment every eye will see the Beloved unveiled, but I fear that this might cause disrespect to the beauty of my beloved.

Explanation

Here, the lover expresses a delicate mix of sacred reverence and tender, possessive jealousy. Tradition says that on Judgment Day the Beloved will finally be revealed for all to witness, but the poet trembles at the thought, fearing that ordinary, unworthy eyes cannot truly appreciate such supreme grace. To him, subjecting something so pure and divine to a common gaze feels almost like an insult to the sanctity of true beauty.

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