لا الہ الا اﷲ
اندرین دیر کہن پیھم تپیدتا جھانی تازہ ئی آمد پدید
English translation
They were constantly astir until out of this old world they brought forth a new one into existence.
(Jahan-e-Taza: New World. According to Allamah the New World means a world in accordance with the basic principles of Islam and is most relevant to the contemporary situation.)
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
وہ اس پرانے بتخانے میں مسلسل تڑپے یہاں تک کہ ایک نیا جہان ظاہر ہو گیا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 19 of 34 in “لا الہ الا اﷲ” (There is no god but Allah), 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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