حرفی چند با امت عربیہ
علم و حکمت ریزہ ئی از خوان کیست؟آیہ ’’فاصبحتم‘‘ اندر شأن کیست؟
English translation
From whom did the world gain knowledge? For whom is the (Qur’anic) verse revealed: ‘You became?
(Iqbal says that modern knowledge of sciences and arts is the legacy which Europe received from the Muslim world. ‘You became’. Reference is to the Qur’anic verse, 3-102: And remember Allah’s favour to you when you were enemies; then He united your hearts, so by His favour you became brethren.)
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
علم و حکمت کس کے دسترخوان کا ریزہ ہے؟ یہ آیت کہ 'تم ان کی نعمت سے بھائی بھائی بن گئے ' کس کی شان میں نازل ہوئی؟
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 39 in “حرفی چند با امت عربیہ” (A Few Words to the Arab Nation), 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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