مذہب غلامان
سوز مشتاقی بہ کردارش کجانور آفاقی بہ گفتارش کجا
English translation
His conduct lacks fire of devotion; his speech lacks heavenly light (spark of vision).
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
اس کا کردار (سوزعشق) سے، اور اس کی گفتار خدائی نور سے خالی ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 23 of 39 in “مذہب غلامان” (Religion Of Slaves) in the section On The Fine Arts Of Slaves, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Zabur-e-Ajam (زبورِعجم), published in 1927.
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