تصویر درد
شجر ہے فرقہ آرائی، تعصب ہے ثمر اس کایہ وہ پھل ہے کہ جنت سے نکلواتا ہے آدم کو
English translation
Sectarianism is the tree, prejudice is its fruit. This fruit caused expulsion of A’dam (A.S.) from Paradise.
(This is an allusion to the Holy Qur'an 2:35-39. Iblis misguided A’dam A.S. to eat the forbidden fruit on account of his jealousy and prejudice against him. This prejudice of Iblis brought about the descent of A’dam A.S. from Paradise to earth, which is sometimes described as a punishment, based on the biblical story.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 49 of 69 in “تصویر درد” (Picture of Pain) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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