کیا کہوں اپنے چمن سے میں جدا کیونکر ہوا

پرسش اعمال سے مقصد تھا رسوائی مریورنہ ظاہر تھا سبھی کچھ، کیا ہوا، کیونکر ہوا

English translation

The purpose of interrogation for deeds was to disgrace me; otherwise all as to how and why it happened obvious was? *
* This verse shows that God is omni-scient and sees and knows all human actions, including the extenuating circumstances which sometimes compel Man to go astray. In view of this the detailed description of the Holy Qur’an and other religious literature of the procedures of accountability on the Day of Judgment do not mean that God would be collecting evidence to prove the evil deeds of a particular person. They are meant to warn Man that he should guard against evil deeds and save himself the disgrace of the Day of Judgment.

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

About this couplet

This is couplet 9 of 10 in “⁨کیا کہوں اپنے چمن سے میں جدا کیونکر ہوا⁩” (Kya kahoon apne chaman se main juda kyun kar hua) in the section The Ghazals 1, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (⁨بانگِ درا⁩), published in 1924.

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