تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت
پختہ تر از گرمی صحبت شودتا بمعنی فرد ہم ملت شود
English translation
His immaturity is warmed to ripeness by their friendship’s flame,
till he becomes one with the Commonwealth.
Urdu translation
فرد ملّت میں مل کر اور زیادہ پختہ ہو جاتا ہے؛ گویا معنا فرد ملّت بن جاتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 12 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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