بلاد اسلامیہ
ہے زیارت گاہ مسلم گو جہان آباد بھیاس کرامت کا مگر حق دار ہے بغداد بھی
English translation
Though Jahanabad also is a shrine for the Muslim; Baghdad as well is deserving of this magnificence.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
کرامت: بزرگی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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