محبت
نگاہیں تاک میں رہتی تھیں لیکن کیمیاگر کیوہ اس نسخے کو بڑھ کر جانتا تھا اسم اعظم سے
English translation
But the alchemist’s attention was ever concentrated on it. He considered that recipe greater than Ism-i-A‘zam.
Ism-i-A‘zam or ‘The Great Name’: This is one of the ninety nine names or attributes of God, the reciting of which casts an irresistible destructive influence over evil spirits, evil persons and other enemies. This name is not known to any one and is the object of the quest of the people searching for the supernatural. According to this poem the secret of the Ism-i-A‘zam is concealed in the Love of God. In other words His Lover has the power of facing any enemy successfully.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
اسم اعظم: سب سے بڑا نام ، مراد ہے اللہ تعالے کا ذاتی نام۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 of 16 in “محبت” (Love) in the section Poems of Period 1905-08, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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