در اسرار شریعت

تا توانی گردن از حکمش پیچتا نپیچد گردن از حکم تو ہیچ

English translation

So far as you can help, do not disobey its law, so that nobody may disobey your orders.
(This verse reminds one of Sa’di’s well-known verse: You too should not disobey God’s commands, that others shouldn’t disobey your orders.)

Translated by Jamil Naqvi

Urdu translation

جہاں تک ہو سکے اس کی حکم عدولی نہ کر ، تا کہ کوئی اور تیری نافرمانی نہ کر سکے۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 30 of 49 in “⁨در اسرار شریعت⁩” (The Essence Of The Shari’Ah), 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

۳۰ / ۴۹