من و تو از دل و دین نا امیدیم
نہ ہرکس خود گردھم خود گد از استنہ ہرکس مست ناز اندر نیاز استقبای لا الہ خونین قبانی استکہ بربالای نامردان درا راست
English translation
A self maker and melter each cant be, nor each Beau dives in the Beauty’s sea.
The Lailah’s gown is stained with blood, which fits not ever on a coward dud.
Service means a form of worship. It is difficult to perform a prayer of devotees. We just do a service and we do not worship God (in the light of that Hadith) for which the Gabe came personally in the form of man in presence of a large number of the Prophet’s companions a few months before his death. The Gabe asked three questions from the Prophet when all the companions were hearing and seeing the Gabe sitting too close to the Prophet while he had joined both his knees with him, which no companion could dare to sit in such a way. The Gabe asked three questions from the Prophet (S.A.W.): O Prophet of God what is Islam? O Prophet of God what is Iman? O Prophet of God what is Ihsan? For details see Mishkaut Shareef.)
Translated by Q.A. Kabir
Urdu translation
ہر شخص اپنی شخصیت کو گداز کر کے اس کی از سر نو تعمیر نہیں کر سکتا، نہ ہر شخص نیازمندی کے اندر مست ناز رہ سکتا ہے۔لا الہ کی قبا خونیں قبا ہے، یہ نامردوں کے قد سے بہت بڑی ہے (نا مرد اسے نہیں پہن سکتے)۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 of 10 in “من و تو از دل و دین نا امیدیم”, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Armaghan-e-Hijaz (ارمغانِ حجاز), published in 1938.
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