سوال دوم
کمال ذات شی موجود بودنبرای شاہدی مشہود بودن
English translation
The perfection of the being of a thing lies in being present, in becoming an object for an observer;
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
کسی شے کی ذات کا کمال موجود ہونا ہے، یعنی کوئی شاہد اسے مشہود بنا دے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 20 of 29 in “سوال دوم” (Question 2) in the section New Garden of Mysteries, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (زبورِعجم), published in 1927.
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