"Dilli Abhi Door Hai" ( Urdu: ہنوز دلی دور است , Hindi: दिल्ली अभी दूर है) [1] is a Hindi-Urdu phrase from the Persian "Hanuz Dilli Door Ast" which translates to " Delhi is still far" meaning there is still work to be done. [2] [3] It was first used by Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It is used to invoke a sense of nonchalance about far off threats. [9] It has also been used as a political slogan during the Indian general elections. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, Sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty, had a strained relationship. Auliya cursed Tughlaq, telling him he could not come to Delhi. Within four years, the region of Tughlaqabad was destroyed, as was the newly made fort in Tughlaqabad. [1] [2]
The slogan was used by Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar when the East India Company was capturing Indian states rapidly. [14]
In modern times, the slogan has been used by politicians, including by Asaduddin Owaisi in reference to Indian National Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi. [15] [16] [17]
"Dilli Abhi Door Hai" ( Urdu: ہنوز دلی دور است , Hindi: दिल्ली अभी दूर है) [1] is a Hindi-Urdu phrase from the Persian "Hanuz Dilli Door Ast" which translates to " Delhi is still far" meaning there is still work to be done. [2] [3] It was first used by Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It is used to invoke a sense of nonchalance about far off threats. [9] It has also been used as a political slogan during the Indian general elections. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, Sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty, had a strained relationship. Auliya cursed Tughlaq, telling him he could not come to Delhi. Within four years, the region of Tughlaqabad was destroyed, as was the newly made fort in Tughlaqabad. [1] [2]
The slogan was used by Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar when the East India Company was capturing Indian states rapidly. [14]
In modern times, the slogan has been used by politicians, including by Asaduddin Owaisi in reference to Indian National Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi. [15] [16] [17]