عقل و دل
ہر خاکی و نوری پہ حکومت ہے خرد کیباہر نہیں کچھ عقل خدا داد کی زد سےعالم ہے غلام اس کے جلال ازلی کااک دل ہے کہ ہر لحظہ الجھتا ہے خرد سے
English translation
Clay-made man and angelic hosts all are swayed by wit and mind naught lies beyond the reach of wit, bestowed by God benign and kind.
Its lasting grandeur holds the world in perpetual chains that do not break; the heart alone some courage shows and full of rage at wit can shake.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
جلال ازلي: ہمیشہ کی ہیبت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 1 in “عقل و دل” (Intellect and Heart) 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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