در معنی اینکہ وطن اساس ملت نیست
مملکت را دین او معبود ساختفکر او مذموم را محمود ساخت
English translation
His novel faith proclaimed the State the only worship;
his thoughts the ignoble turned to praise-worthy.
Urdu translation
اس کے مذہب نے مملکت کو معبود قرار دے کر مذموم کو محمود بنا دیا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 16 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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