تمہید: در معنی ربط فرد و ملت
وصل استقبال و ماضی ذات اوچون ابد لا انتہا اوقات او
English translation
And the link between what is to come,
and what has gone before, as is Eternity.
Urdu translation
فرد کی ذات ملّت کے ماضی و مستقبل کا نقطہء اتصال ہے (ملّت ہی سے ) فرد کے اوقات ابد کی طرح لا ا نتہا ہو جاتے ہیں۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 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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