علم اور دین
وہ علم، کم بصری جس میں ہمکنار نہیںتجلیات کلیم و مشاہدات حکیم
English translation
That ken is vision dim in which the wise man's lore and sight that Moses viewed keep apart and merge no more.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
کم بصري: نگاہ کا کم ہونا۔حکيم: فلسفی۔ہمکنار: بغلگیر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 4 in “علم اور دین” (Knowledge and Religion) 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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