دین و وطن
چیست دین برخاستن از روی خاکتا ز خود آگاہ گردد جان پاک
English translation
What is religion? To rise up from the face of the dust so that the pure soul may become aware of itself!
Urdu translation
دین کیا ہے؟ خاک سے اوپر اٹھنا تاکہ جان پاک اپنے آپ سے آگاہی حاصل کرے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 18 in “دین و وطن” (Religion And Country) in the section The Sphere of Mecury, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Javid Nama (جاوید نامہ), published in 1932.
Read it in the poem۴ / ۱۸