Diyat Mein Roz-e-jaza Lenge Qaatil Ko — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
On the Day of Judgment we will take the murderer himself as blood-money; so in losing our life there was no loss to us at all.
Explanation
This couplet plays with a beautiful idea of justice and love. The poet imagines the Day of Judgment, when wrongs are finally settled. He says that on that day, as blood money, he will claim the killer himself as compensation. In other words, the very beloved who took his life will become his. So, surprisingly, losing his life was not really a loss at all. By dying, he ends up gaining the one he loved. There is a gentle irony here: what looks like the ultimate loss turns into the sweetest reward. The lover finds comfort in believing that his sacrifice brings him closer to his beloved, even if only in the promise of that final day.
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