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{{Short description|Hindu-Urdu phrase}}
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"'''Dilli Abhi Door Hai'''" ({{langx|ur|{{nq|دلی ابھی دور ہے}}}}, {{langx|hi|[[wikt:दिल्ली अभी दूर है|दिल्ली अभी दूर है]]|translit=dillī abhī dūr hai}})<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=हुनूज दिल्ली दूर अस्त, यानी दिल्ली अभी दूर है।
|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/article/article1-story-288168.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref> is a [[Hindi-Urdu]] phrase from {{langx|fa|[[wikt:هنوز|هنوز]] [[wikt:دهلی|دهلی]] [[wikt:دور|دور]] [[wikt:است|است]]|translit=hanūz dihlī dūr ast|lit=[[Delhi]] is still far}}, meaning there is still work to be done.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-09-08 |title=जब औलिया ने कहा 'दिल्ली दूर है' और सुल्तान नहीं बसा पाए दिल्ली |url=https://www.navodayatimes.in/news/world/when-auliya-said-delhi-is-far-away-and-sultan-could-not-settle-in-delhi/180173/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.navodayatimes.in |language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=PANCHAL |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G53OMo5fyL4C&dq=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9C+%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4&pg=PA10 |title=Bharat Ke Mahan Vibhuti Amir Khusro Vyaktitva Aur Krititva |last2=PARMANAND |date=2001 |publisher=Star Publications |isbn=978-81-85244-64-8 |language=hi}}</ref> It was first used by [[Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya]], a [[Sufism|Sufi]] saint of the [[Chishti Order]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-07-04 |title=People's Saint |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/peoples-saint/articleshow/9099072.cms |access-date=2023-08-16 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-24 |title=Tughlaqabad Fort: Of a monarch and a revered Sufi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/tughlaqabad-fort-of-a-monarch-and-a-revered-sufi/story-6GPQ2kRzGHl3iNPQucnlbI.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=View: How Delhi has long been the pampered showcase city of India |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/dilli-dur-ast-just-got-farther/articleshow/81620204.cms |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakravarti |first=Aruna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ejWCgAAQBAJ&dq=hanuz+dilli+dur+ast&pg=PT218 |title=The Inheritors |date=2004-08-18 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5214-159-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ahmad |first=Adil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CI5ODwAAQBAJ&dq=hanuz+dilli+dur+ast&pg=PT89 |title=Absolute Delhi: Hidden Delhi Gems That You Would Love to Discover |date=2018-03-01 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-64249-392-4 |language=en}}</ref> It may be used to invoke a sense of nonchalance about far off threats.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Worried' Qureshi invokes 'Hanuz Dilli Door Ast' phrase to wish away India's UNSC bid |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2010/11/12/worriedqureshi-invokes-hanuz-dilli-door-ast-phrase-to.html |website=www.oneindia.com}}</ref> It has also been used as a political slogan during the [[Elections in India|Indian general elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Bhopinder |date=2021-03-30 |title=Fight Over Delhi: Will NCT Law Give BJP 'Soul' of Indian Politics? |url=https://www.thequint.com/opinion/delhi-statehood-lieutenant-governor-power-struggle-aap-chief-minister-kejriwal-modi-government-nct-law |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-26 |title='Open to alliance in UP for LS polls on Muslim-Dalit-tribal combine' |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/open-to-alliance-in-up-for-ls-polls-on-muslim-dalit-tribal-combine/articleshow/101268401.cms |access-date=2023-08-16 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-13 |title=CPM's John Brittas writes: Rahul Gandhi, shun the shortcuts in Bharat Jodo Yatra |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/rahul-gandhi-bharat-jodo-yatra-john-brittas-writes-8148367/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=बहल |first=राघव |date=2022-02-03 |title=बजट 2022: आंकड़ों की नजर से ठीक, लेकिन राजनीतिक तौर पर अनसुलझा और जोखिम भरा |url=https://hindi.thequint.com/voices/opinion/union-budget-2022-numerically-honest-from-bjp-modi-gov-but-politically-uncharted-risky |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=TheQuint |language=hi}}</ref>

== History ==
[[Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya]] and [[Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq|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 [[Tughlakabad (village)|Tughlaqabad]] was destroyed, as was the newly made [[Tughlaqabad Fort|fort in Tughlaqabad]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Uses ==
The slogan was used by Mughal Emperor [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]] when the [[East India Company]] was capturing Indian states rapidly.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-17 |title=Moral compass |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1753831 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=media |first=news and |title=Owaisi uses Persian proverb on Rahul's PM ambitions,tweets 'Hanuz Dilli Door Ast' |url=https://www.en.etemaaddaily.com/aimim/owaisi-uses-persian-proverb-on-rahuls-pm-ambitionstweets-hanuz-dilli-door-ast:43907 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.en.etemaaddaily.com |language=english}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hanuz Dili Door Ast: Asaduddin Owaisi |url=https://www.suryaa.com/41942-hanuz-dili-door-ast-asaduddin-owaisi.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=suryaa |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-09 |title=Owaisi uses Persian proverb on Rahul's PM ambitions, tweets 'Dili Door Ast' |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/owaisi-uses-persian-proverb-on-rahuls-pm-ambitions-tweets-dili-door-ast/articleshow/64089405.cms |access-date=2023-08-16 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957 film)|''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'' (1957 film)]]
* [[Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (2023 film)|''Ab Dilli Dur Nahin'' (2023 film)]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian political slogans]]
[[Category:Hindi words and phrases]]
[[Category:Urdu words and phrases]]
[[Category:Persian words and phrases]]
[[Category:Culture of Delhi]]
[[Category:Nizamuddin Auliya]]