مذہب غلامان
گرچہ بر لبہای او نام خداستقبلۂ او طاقت فرمانرواست
English translation
He has word Allah on his lips; but he worships the might of his ruler.
Translated by Bashir Ahmad Dar
Urdu translation
اگرچہ اس کی زبان پر الہّ تعالی کا نام ہوتا ہے مگر اس کا قبلہ حکمران کی طاقت ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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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