بلاد اسلامیہ
آہ یثرب! دیس ہے مسلم کا تو، ماوا ہے تونقطہ جاذب تاثر کی شعاعوں کا ہے تو
English translation
Ah Yathrib! You are the Muslim’s homeland and his shelter; you are the focal point of the rays of his inner feelings.
(Yathrib: The original name of Madinah Munawwarah which is also used as an alternate name.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
ماوا: پناہ کی جگہ۔نقطہ جاذب: وہ نقطہ جس کی طرف ہر شے کھچی آئے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 21 of 22 in “بلاد اسلامیہ” (The Islamic Cities) in the section Poems of Period - 1908-30, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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