حکمت کلیمی
در ظلام این جہان سنگ و خشتچشم خود روشن کن از نور سرشت
English translation
In the darkness of this world of stone and bricks, illumine thy eyes with the light of thy nature.
(Light of nature: Nur-i sirisht, the natural simplicity and righteousness of man, the basic nature (fitrat Allah) on which God created man.)
Translated by Jamil Naqvi
Urdu translation
اس جہان سنگ و خشت کی تاریکی میں اپنی پاک طینت کے نور سے روشن کر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 28 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.
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