ڈرا سکیں نہ کلیسا کی مجھ کو تلواریںسکھایا مسئلہ گردش زمیں میں نے

English translation

The swords of the Church could not frighten me when I taught the theory of earth's revolution.*
* Allusion to Galileo, the famous Italian scientist who presented the theory of the spherical nature of the earth and its revolution round the sun as opposed to the Greek philosophy which taught the earth to be flat and the center of the universe. The Christian Church was so much influenced by Greek thought that they considered Greek philosophy to be part of the Christian faith. Hence, they declared Galileo a heretic.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil