در معنی اینکہ افلاطون
قومہا از سکر او مسموم گشتخفت و از ذوق عمل محروم گشت
English translation
The peoples were poisoned by his intoxication: He slumbered and took no delight in deeds.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
اس کی مستی سے قومیں زہر آلود ہو گئیں ؛ سو گئیں اور عمل کا ذوق کھو بیٹھا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 21 of 21 in “در معنی اینکہ افلاطون” (Plato, Whose Thought Has Deeply Influenced The Mysticism And Literature Of Islam, Followed The Sheep’s Doctrine), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Asrar-e-Khudi (اسرارِ خودی), published in 1915.
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