ہندی اسلام
وحدت کی حفاظت نہیں بے قوت بازوآتی نہیں کچھ کام یہاں عقل خدا داد
English translation
Oneness of thought and Faith can be defended with arms robust and strong. The wit that God bestows on man does not befriend a man for long.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 5 in “ہندی اسلام” (Indian 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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