کشادہ دست کرم جب وہ بے نیاز کرے
غرور زہد نے سکھلا دیا ہے واعظ کوکہ بندگان خدا پر زباں دراز کرے
English translation
The arrogance of piety has taught the preacher to use abusive language to the people of God.
(Allusion to and sarcasm on the arrogance of the seemingly pious persons who are so arrogant that they are rude to other people. Really pious people are not rude and are very modest. Modesty is one of the components of piety.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 of 9 in “کشادہ دست کرم جب وہ بے نیاز کرے” (Kushaada dast-e-karam jab woh be-niyaaz kare) 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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