حکایت درین معنی
جذب و استیلا شعار قوت استفتح راز آشکار قوت است
English translation
Conquest and dominion are signs of strength; victory is the manifestation of strength.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
کشش اور تسلّط قوّت کے شعار ہیں؛ فتح قوّت کا کھلا بھید ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 47 in “حکایت درین معنی” (A tale illustrating this concept.), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Asrar-e-Khudi (اسرارِ خودی), published in 1915.
Read it in the poem۵ / ۴۷