مسجد قرطبہ
خاکی و نوری نہاد، بندہ مولا صفاتہر دو جہاں سے غنی اس کا دل بے نیاز
English translation
He is terrestrial with celestial aspect; a being with the qualities of the Creator. His contented self has no demands on this world or the other.
Translated by Naim Siddiqui
Word meanings
نوري نہاد: جس کی فطرت نوری ہو – فرشتہ صفت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 36 of 64 in “مسجد قرطبہ” (Mosque Of Cordoba) in the section Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bal-e-Jibril (بالِ جبریل), published in 1935.
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