سوال چہارم
ازو خود را بریدن فطرت ماستتپیدن نارسیدن فطرت ماست
English translation
To sever ourselves from Him is our nature, and also to be restless and not to reach the goal.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
اپنے آپ کو اللہ تعالے سے جدا رکھنا، تڑپنا اور (مقصود تک) نہ پہنچنا ہماری فطرت ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 of 31 in “سوال چہارم” (Question 4) 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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