جہاد
فتوی ہے شیخ کا یہ زمانہ قلم کا ہےدنیا میں اب رہی نہیں تلوار کارگر
English translation
It is the verdict of the Shaikh that pen is stronger than the sword: ‘The sword has lost its might and force, tile pen has gained a firmer hold’.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 8 in “جہاد” (Holy War) 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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