در اسرار شریعت

ہر یکی دانای قرآن و خبردر شریعت کم سواد و کم نظر

English translation

Every one of them is fully conversant with the Quran and the traditions; but they are totally unaware of the true significance of the Shari’ah.
(Their knowledge is theoretical only; they lack fire of conviction and zeal for activity, for they have missed the true spirit of the message.)

Translated by Jamil Naqvi

Urdu translation

یہ سب قرآن و حدیث کے عالم ہونے کے دعویدار ہیں مگر شریعت سے بے بہرہ اور اس کے راز دیکھنے سے بے بصر۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 46 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

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