تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت
حرز جان کن گفتہ ی خیرالبشرہست شیطان از جماعت دور تر
English translation
Keep for thy talisman these words he spoke that was the best of mortals: ‘Satan holds his furthest distance where men congregate.’
Urdu translation
حضور اکرم (صلعم) کے اس فرمودہ کو اپنی جان کے لیے تعویذ بنا لے؛ کہ شیطان جماعت سے دور رہتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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