از دم او وحدت قومی دو نیمکس حریفش نیست جز چوب کلیم

English translation

The unity of the people is sundered through his machinations; nothing can withstand him except Moses’ Staff.
(Moses’ Staff is a reference to events in the life-history of Moses, where his staff helped him overcome the crises, first in combating the deceit of the magicians and then in crossing the river when pursued by Pharaoh and his hosts... Moses’ Staff, in Iqbal, therefore, stands for power, might, without acquiring which the people of the exploited societies cannot hope to meet successfully the challenge of the West, both political and economic.’

Translated by Jamil Naqvi

Urdu translation

حکمت فرعونی کے فسوں سے قوم کی وحدت ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو جاتی ہے؛ عصائے موسی (علیہ) کے علاوہ اس کا کوئی علاج نہیں۔