Affan Khan

Contrarian.
Synthesizing business, philosophy, and bāgh-e zehn...

[Affan Khan @AffanKhan29]

I turned 21.

And, honestly, all this while, life’s been a freakin’ wild ride (Phew!).

Though, I wouldn’t want it any other way;
Yet, I would have been years ahead, had someone told me this at 10!

Kudos, if you're in your teens!

The 10 most life-changing lessons I learned:

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Don't contain sooo much, that there remains no avenue for growth.

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The highest and truest form of #Freedom is detachment from your very own self.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

More than 200 people have been killed, including 70 children, while the wounded have been evacuated to medical facilities.
https://t.co/6SakKS2uCo

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"I keep looking, oh Iqbal, for myself
As if I’m the traveller as well as the destination."

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"The matter hinges on the soundness of intention. For if it is not sound, it is the source of the deception of the ignorant, and the place where men's feet slip"

- Imam Al-Ghazali

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Meanings:

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Shab-o-Nasīm kuch to batā, ab to Seḥar hone ko āʾī hai;
Kuch bachā hai pāne ko, yā faqaṭ sōz-e-tanhāʾī hai?

[O night breeze, tell me something now; dawn is about to break;
Is there still more to seek, or is it just the burn of #solitude that remains?]

[1/5]

#UrduPoetry

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Ḍareñ to vo jo bahte hoñ ḳhvāhish ke dhāre meñ;
Tum ne to ‘Affān’ apnī hastī apne hāthoñ se miṭāʾī hai

[Let fear haunt those adrift in streams of desire’s tide;
You, ‘Affan’, have erased your being with your own very hands.]

[5/5]

#Khudi #Purpose #Poetry

[Affan Khan @AffanKhan29]

"For bearing the pain of a tender heart, was man brought into birth;
For praise and prayer alone, the angels were no less."

~Khwaja Meer Dard

#UrduPoetry #Rekhta

[Rekhta @Rekhta]

Where the battlefield blurs the line between fear and transcendence.

Poet: @safar_naqvi1

#rekhta #muharram #safarnaqvi #karbala #urdu #urdupoetry #battlefield #maqtal

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The lives of those men were far more precious than any and every accolade #RCB ever won.

But, who can you blame?

And I say that not as any admirer of a different franchise...
But, an ardent critic of the preposterous fanaticism about sports and media.

#BengaluruStampede

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For I have left my tears to do the writing, when my eyes see the world in the eyes of men.

For a muddled irritant is there again, and you said, what good is the oyster of life if it can’t transform it into a pearl, rare and immaculate.

[2/2]

#Iqbal #Iqbaliyat #AllamaIqbal

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O Iqbal! I’ve heard you say that a heartfelt cry pierces the abyss of darkness.

But, whether it can jolt the abode of Gods, I’ll ask.
Whether it can awaken those who lie unconscious, I’ll ask.

[1/2]

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Human mind is an unrelenting self-deception machine.

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@TechIntern5 @armankhon That's not pertinent at all...

No tech/industry challenged the cognitive abilities that only humans boasted at a level like AI does...

Automation is one thing...Cognition wholly different

[Affan Khan @AffanKhan29]

Conventional Wisdom:
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."

Contrarian Wisdom:
"A friend not threatened by your assets and success, is a friend indeed."

#Contrarian #Wisdom #friends

[Affan Khan @AffanKhan29]

Maturity is when you realize true power lies not in the hands of the one who holds the cards, but the one who sets the rules of the game.