hum ko maloom hai jannat ki haqeeqat lekin, dil ke khush rakhne ko Ghalib ye khayaal achha hai

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Mirza Ghalib
Source
— Divan-e-Ghalib, from the ghazal "hum ko maloom hai jannat ki haqeeqat"
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faith · Ghalib shayari · shayari · Urdu poetry

— Divan-e-Ghalib, from the ghazal "hum ko maloom hai jannat ki haqeeqat"

About this quote

देवनागरी:
हम को मालूम है जन्नत की हक़ीक़त लेकिन
दिल के ख़ुश रखने को ‘ग़ालिब’ ये ख़याल अच्छा है

English: I know the truth about Paradise — but to keep the heart happy, Ghalib, it is a fine idea.

Meaning: Ghalib’s scepticism in its most elegant dress: he neither affirms heaven nor denies comfort. The couplet allows both the doubter and the believer to smile, which is why both keep quoting it.

अर्थ: जन्नत सच हो या न हो — दिल बहलाने के लिए ख़याल अच्छा है। ग़ालिब का शक भी कितना ख़ूबसूरत है कि आस्तिक और नास्तिक दोनों इसे दोहराते हैं।

An authentic couplet from the Divan-e-Ghalib, the collected Urdu ghazals of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797–1869), from the ghazal beginning “hum ko maloom hai jannat ki haqeeqat”. Transliteration and English rendering are our own.