اجتہاد
ہند میں حکمت دیں کوئی کہاں سے سیکھےنہ کہیں لذت کردار، نہ افکار عمیق
English translation
There is no place in Ind where from to learn; the tenets that the Muslim Faith concern. They are devoid of zeal for godly acts, and are not wont to seek its basic facts.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
عميق: گہرے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “اجتہاد” (Ijtehad) 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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