ہندی اسلام
اے مرد خدا! تجھ کو وہ قوت نہیں حاصلجا بیٹھ کسی غار میں اللہ کو کر یاد
English translation
O man of God, you lack such strength, go seek retreat in cave forlorn; arid sit there like a hermit old, worship Almighty Lord night and morn.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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