در معنی اینکہ وطن اساس ملت نیست
آنچنان قطع اخوت کردہ اندبر وطن تعمیر ملت کردہ اند
English translation
Now brotherhood has been so cut to shreds that in the stead of the community; the country has been given pride of place in men’s allegiance and constructive work;
Urdu translation
اہل مغرب نے اس طرح اخوت کی جڑ کاٹی ہے کہ وطن کی بنا پر قوم کی تعمیر ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 20 in “در معنی اینکہ وطن اساس ملت نیست” (That The Country Is Not The Foundation Of The Community) in the section The Pillars of Islam, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Rumuz-e-Bekhudi (رموزِ بیخودی), published in 1918.
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