توحید
زندہ قوت تھی جہاں میں یہی توحید کبھیآج کیا ہے، فقط اک مسئلہء علم کلام
English translation
There were times when God's oneness was a living force in world of clay: But subtle points by pedants raised have changed the trend of times today.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
علم کلام: وہ علم جس میں اسلامی عقائد کو دلیلوں کے ذریعے سے ثابت کیا جاتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “توحید” (Oneness Of God) 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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