کچھ غم نہیں جو حضرت واعظ ہیں تنگ دست
کچھ غم نہیں جو حضرت واعظ ہیں تنگ دستتہذیب نو کے سامنے سر اپنا خم کریںرد جہاد میں تو بہت کچھ لکھا گیاتردید حج میں کوئی رسالہ رقم کریں
English translation
It does not matter if the preacher is poor; he should bend to the new civilization.
Much has been written on cancellation of jihad*; he should write a tract on cancellation of Hajj.
*This is sarcasm on the publication of literature in the Indian sub-continent seeking excuses to divert the attention of the Muslims from the aspect of jihad technically known as ‘qital’. This was very prominent in the literature produced by the Qadiyani Community, especially the literature produced by the community’s founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 1 in “کچھ غم نہیں جو حضرت واعظ ہیں تنگ دست” (Kuch gham nahin jo hazrat-e-wa'ez hain tang dast) in the section Humorous Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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