مرد حر
ما کلیسا دوست، ما مسجد فروشاو ز دست مصطفی پیمانہ نوش
English translation
We are friends of the Church, we sell mosques*, he quaffs cups from the hands of Mustafa (S.A.W.) himself**;
* Refers to the position of the Muslims in the subcontinent. Some groups were allied to the Hindus, others, to the British. It is on record that the Muslims sold lands attached to the mosques and even the mosques themselves to the Hindus. **His faith is based on direct inspiration from the Qur’an and the Sunnah.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
ہم کلیسا کے دوست اور مسجد فروش ہیں؛ وہ حضور اکرم (صلعم) کے دست مبارک سے شراب (الست) پیتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 10 of 31 in “مرد حر” (The Freeman), 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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