تمہید
مومن از عزم و توکل قاہر استگر ندارد این دو جوہر کافر است
English translation
The believer is strong through his will and his tawakkul; if he lacks these two, he is an unbeliever.
(Tawakkul: Complete reliance on God. Here Iqbal follows Rumi and interprets tawakkul in the positive sense of relying upon God while starting any programme of work. It is related that a Bedouin left his camel grazing unprotected. He lost it and came to the Prophet (S.A.W.) complaining that he had left the camel grazing quite unprotected, relying completely on God. The Prophet said, ‘Tie the camel's knot and trust in God’. This is Islamic tawakkul.)
Translated by Jamil Naqvi
Urdu translation
مومن عزم و توکّل ہی سے صاحب جبروت ہے، اگر اس میں دو صفات نہ ہوں تو وہ کافر ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 11 of 34 in “تمہید” (Preamble), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Pas Chih Bayad Kard (پس چہ بائد کرد اے اقوامِ شرق), published in 1936.
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