علم و عشق
عشق کے ہیں معجزات سلطنت و فقر و دیںعشق کے ادنی غلام صاحب تاج و نگیںعشق مکان و مکیں، عشق زمان و زمیںعشق سراپا یقیں، اور یقیں فتح باب
English translation
Kingdom, faith and faqr are all miracles of Love; the crowned kings and lords are base slaves of Love; Love is the Space and the Creation, Love is Time and Earth! Love is conviction entire, and conviction is the key!
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
فتح باب: دروازہ کھولنا، مراد ہے کامیابی ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 4 in “علم و عشق” (Knowledge and Love) in the section Islam and Muslim, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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