किस तौर दिल उस ख़ंजर-ए-मिज़्गाँ की सिपर हो मक़दूर जहाँ हो न क़ज़ा का न क़दर का
— Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq
Meaning

How can the heart serve as a shield against the dagger of those eyelashes, in a place where even death and divine destiny have no power?

Explanation

Here, the poet imagines the beloved's eyelashes as sharp daggers, each glance capable of striking right through the soul. The lover's fragile heart wonders how it could ever shield itself from such an assault, especially when even cosmic forces like fate and destiny (qaza and qadr) are powerless before the beloved's sway. It is a tender, quintessential surrender to love, showing how the spell of beauty renders all earthly and divine defenses completely helpless.

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