خویشتن را اندر این آئینہ بینتا ترا بخشند سلطان مبین

English translation

Look at yourself in this mirror, that God may bestow on you clear authority.*
* Clear authority: Sultan-i mubin: This phrase is used in the Qur’an mostly in reference to Moses, as, for instance, in xi. 96, xxiii. 45, Ii. 38 ‘And in Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.’ In lii. 38 these words are used in a general sense. Sultan here means spiritual equipment necessary to meet different challenges of life adequately. In Reconstruction Iqbal translates the word sultan as power. If we try to acquire characteristics described in verses 291-316 of the man of God, we can attain what the Qur’an calls sultan-i mubin, clear authority, which leads one to act decisively in a time of crisis.

Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar

Urdu translation

اپنے آپ کو مرد فقیر کے آئینہ میں دیکھ تاکہ تجھے ناقابل تسخیر قوت حاصل ہو۔