اسلام
یہی ہر چیز کی تقویم، یہی اصل نمودگرچہ اس روح کو فطرت نے رکھا ہے مستور
English translation
It fortifies the things of life; it is the cause of all display though Nature always hides this soul from eyes of mankind far away.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
مستور: پوشیدہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “اسلام” (Islam) 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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