اجتہاد
حلقہ شوق میں وہ جرات اندیشہ کہاںآہ محکومی و تقلید و زوال تحقیق!
English translation
The mystics, who were keen their Faith to spread, are silent now and thought for them a dread. Alas! The state of bondage deprives of zest, slaves tread the beaten path and relinquish quest.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
تقليد: پیروی۔جرات انديشہ: سوچنے کی طاقت۔زوال تحقيق: تحقیق کا نہ ہونا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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