शैख़ जब दिल ही दैर में न लगा
आ के मस्जिद से क्या लिया तू ने
— Altaf Hussain Hali
Meaning
O Sheikh, when your heart found no peace even in the temple, what did you achieve by coming to the mosque?
Explanation
The poet gently teases the Shaikh, reminding him that genuine spirituality is an affair of the heart, not of geography. The 'dair' (temple) and 'masjid' (mosque) are merely outer sanctuaries; if your soul fails to find peace and presence in one, simply migrating to another yields nothing. True devotion isn't about changing the walls around you, but about awakening the stillness within.
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