حکمت کلیمی
دیگر این نہ آسمان تعمیر کنبر مراد خود جہان تعمیر کن
English translation
Rebuild these nine heavens and refashion this world according to thy own desire.
(According to Lisan aI-’Arab, the word ‘seven’ was used by the Arabs to denote multiplicity. Iqbal’s use of ‘nine’ instead of ‘seven’ does not seem to be a departure from the classical tradition; it may have been used to conform, not of course exactly, to the latest scientific research.)
Translated by Jamil Naqvi
Urdu translation
ان نو آسمانوں کو دوبارہ تعمیر کر۔ اس دنیا کو اپنی مرضی کے مطابق بنا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 24 of 32 in “حکمت کلیمی” (The Wisdom Of Moses), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Pas Chih Bayad Kard (پس چہ بائد کرد اے اقوامِ شرق), published in 1936.
Read it in the poem۲۴ / ۳۲