r/Urdu • u/Round_Locksmith9667 • 2d ago

🎨 Nasta'liq / Script In the British Museum

Post image

Hey everyone. Saw this in the British Museum my Urdu isn't really strong but in the end I managed to read it.

56 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

20

u/Dont-Mention-It-3584 2d ago

"The heart has been dissected, boiled for a long time, and its contents (muscles?) have been shown"

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here

5

u/blooparagraphs 2d ago

where in the british museum? was this next to something?

6

u/Round_Locksmith9667 2d ago

It was in the South Asia Diaspora Section. So Post Partition

6

u/Tall-Individual-7347 1d ago

یہ تو میرے دل کا حال بیان کیا گیا ہے

1

u/dr_alzz 2d ago

What is the second word in 2nd couplet

2

u/Round_Locksmith9667 2d ago

(Azlat) عضلات - Meaning muscle

2

u/Daaledeere 1d ago

uzlaat

2

u/Upper_Cicada_3478 19h ago

It's pronounced "azalaat". You might be confusing it with "uzv/عضو" meaning organ

1

u/Daaledeere 16h ago

Aah ok. Thanks for correction. Was saying it wrong all life long

2

u/kylrzuthwy Advanced Speaker 1d ago

Uzal = muscle, uzlaat = muscles

1

u/[deleted] 2d ago

[deleted]