عقل و نقل افتادہ در بند ہوسمنبرشان منبر کاک است و بس

English translation

Reason and tradition both have fallen prey to lust; their pulpit is a counter for the display of their wares.
(‘Reason’ and ‘tradition’ stand for two kinds of knowledge into which pursuit of learning was divided in classical Islamic period, corresponding to what is called ‘aql and naql.The latter stands for all those aspects of learning that deal exclusively with religious problems, while the former refers to all those branches of learning that today come under the title of science and humanities.)

Translated by Jamil Naqvi

Urdu translation

ان کی عقل و نقل ہوس کے بند میں بندھی ہوئی ہے، ان کا منبر صرف کاک ہے (وہ صرف پیٹ کے بندے ہیں)۔