"Dilli Abhi Door Hai" (Urdu: ہنوز دلی دور است, romanized: hanūz dillī dūr ast , Hindi: दिल्ली अभी दूर है, romanized: dillī abhī dūr hai)[1] is a Hindi-Urdu phrase from Persian: هنوز دهلی دور است, romanized: hanūz dihlī dūr ast, lit.
[2][3] It was first used by Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order.
Auliya cursed Tughlaq, telling him he could not come to Delhi.
[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.