مشرق میں اصول دین بن جاتے ہیں
مشرق میں اصول دین بن جاتے ہیںمغرب میں مگر مشین بن جاتے ہیں
English translation
In the East principles are changed to religion
But in the West they are changed into machines.
(Reference to the doctrine of Trinity)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 2 in “مشرق میں اصول دین بن جاتے ہیں” (Mashriq mein usool-e-deen ban jaate hain) in the section Humorous Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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