فرما رہے تھے شیخ طریق عمل پہ وعظ
فرما رہے تھے شیخ طریق عمل پہ وعظکفار ہند کے ہیں تجارت میں سخت کوش
English translation
The Shaikh was giving a sermon on the mode of operation: ‘The infidels of India are very hard working in business.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 6 in “فرما رہے تھے شیخ طریق عمل پہ وعظ” (Farma rahe thay Sheikh tareeq-e-amal pe wa’az) in the section Humorous Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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