وحی
عقل بے مایہ امامت کی سزاوار نہیںراہبر ہو ظن و تخمیں تو زبوں کار حیات
English translation
Poor intellect can't be fit to be your guide in life if led by guess and doubt disruption may get rife.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “وحی” (Revelation) 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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