طلوع اسلام
مٹایا قیصر و کسری کے استبداد کو جس نےوہ کیا تھا، زور حیدر، فقر بوذر، صدق سلمانی
English translation
What could demolish the grandeur of Qaiser and Kisra? Nothing but Haider’s prowess, Bu Dhar’s faqr, Salman’s truth.
(Qaiser-o Kisra: The Caesars of the Roman Empire and the Persian Emperor in whose reign Iran was conquered by Muslims. Haider: Another name of Ali R.A. Bu Zar: Well known companion of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) who is proverbial for his piety, which includes Salman: Salman Farsi R.A.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 29 of 72 in “طلوع اسلام” (The Renaissance Of Islam) 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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