طارق کی دعا
شہادت ہے مطلوب و مقصود مومننہ مال غنیمت نہ کشور کشائی
English translation
They aim at martyrdom, not the rule of the earth.
Translated by Naim Siddiqui
Word meanings
کشور کشائي: حکمرانی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 10 in “طارق کی دعا” (Tariq’s Prayer) in the section Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bal-e-Jibril (بالِ جبریل), published in 1935.
Read it in the poem۴ / ۱۰