تصوف
یہ حکمت ملکوتی، یہ علم لاہوتیحرم کے درد کا درماں نہیں تو کچھ بھی نہیں
English translation
If angelic art and celestial lore the ills of Muslims can not cure, worthless they are and of no use, of fact so true you must be sure.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
ملکوتي: فرشتوں کی دنیا؛ مراد ہے پاکیزہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 5 in “تصوف” (Mysticism) 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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