سوال ہفتم
روان خوابید و تن بیدار گردیدہنر با دین و دانش خوار گردید
English translation
Its soul became dormant, and its body awoke; art, science and religion all became contemptible.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
روح خوابیدہ ہے اور تن بیدار ہے، دین و دانش کے ساتھ اس کا ہنر بھی خوار ہو چکا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 27 of 32 in “سوال ہفتم” (Question 7) 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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