زمانہ آیا ہے بے حجابی کا، عام دیدار یار ہو گا

جو ایک تھا اے نگاہ تو نے ہزار کر کے ہمیں دکھایایہی اگر کیفیت ہے تیری تو پھر کسے اعتبار ہو گا

English translation

O Sight! That was the One you showed us as a thousand; if this is your state what will be your credibility?
(Allusion to the theories of Intellect about God, which present an enigma to Man. This attains nothing but confusion. However, Iman, Love of God and Faith present the Truth through the revelation of the Holy Qur’an. In this condition Intellect cannot be trusted as a guide on this path.)

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

About this couplet

This is couplet 11 of 17 in “⁨زمانہ آیا ہے بے حجابی کا، عام دیدار یار ہو گا⁩” (Zamana aaya hai bay hijabi ka, aam deedaar-e-yaar hoga) in the section The Ghazals 2, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (⁨بانگِ درا⁩), published in 1924.

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