سلطانی
مثال ماہ چمکتا تھا جس کا داغ سجودخرید لی ہے فرنگی نے وہ مسلمانی
English translation
Prostration made like moon his forehead shine, Alas! The Franks have snatched that essence fine.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 of 7 in “سلطانی” (Kingship) 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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