تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت
پیکرش از قوم و ہم جانش ز قومظاہرش از قوم و پنہانش ز قوم
English translation
To them he owes his body and his soul,
alike his outward and his hidden parts.
Urdu translation
قوم فرد کا پیکار بھی ہے اور اس کی جان بھی؛ قوم ہی اس کا ظاہر ہے اور قوم ہی اس کا باطن۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 10 of 34 in “تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت” (Prelude: Of The Bond Between Individual And Community) in the section Dedication to the Muslim Community, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Rumuz-e-Bekhudi (رموزِ بیخودی), published in 1918.
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