Zehn and Jazbātiyat: Heart vs Mind in Urdu Poetry

This week in UIrdunama, we explore poems that live inside our zehn, meaning our mind. But this internal world of the zehn keeps colliding with the one that belongs to the heart and its jazbātiyat (emotion driven clarity) that won’t be silenced. From Barelvi’s guiding light in confusion, to Jazib’s heart triumphing over intellect, to Javed Akhtar’s inner world in flames where only one surviving corner remains, these ashaar show how thoughts and feelings collide, break, and endure in every human experience. Tune in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Zehn and Jazbātiyat: Heart vs Mind in Urdu Poetry is an episode from Urdunama by Ideabrew Studios.

This episode is 11:53 long.

This episode was published on Dec 13, 2025.

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