होती नहीं क़ुबूल दुआ तर्क-ए-इश्क़ की दिल चाहता न हो तो ज़बाँ में असर कहाँ
— Altaf Hussain Hali
Meaning

A prayer to renounce love is never accepted, because when the heart itself does not desire it, words spoken by the tongue have no effect.

Explanation

This couplet captures the tender tug-of-war between the mind's resolve to quit love and the heart's stubborn refusal to let go. The poet tries to pray for freedom from love's torment, yet heaven never answers because the plea is only on the lips, not in the soul. A prayer holds power only when the heart genuinely aches for it; when your inner self secretly yearns to stay in love, God sees right through your half-hearted words.

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