فقر

تا نداند از مقام و منزلشمرد ذوق انقلاب اندر دلش

English translation

As he (the Muslim) is not aware of his true station,20 the zeal for revolution has died in his heart.
* ‘His true station’ may refer to the task assigned to the Muslim nation by God, as described by the Qur’an, iii. 100: You are the best nation raised up for men: you enjoin good and forbid evil and you believe in Allah.

Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar

Urdu translation

چونکہ وہ اپنے مقام و منزل کو نہیں پہچانتا اس لیے اس کے اندر ذوق انقلاب بھی ختم ہو چکا ہے۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 50 of 72 in “⁨فقر⁩” (Asceticism), 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 poem

۵۰ / ۷۲