مہدی برحق
سب اپنے بنائے ہوئے زنداں میں ہیں محبوسخاور کے ثوابت ہوں کہ افرنگ کے سیار
English translation
The sedent nations of the East, or active dwellers of the West; are inmates of such dungeons that were built by them with zeal and zest.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
خاور: مشرق۔محبوس: قیدی۔ثوابت: جو حرکت نہ کرے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “مہدی برحق” (The True Guide) 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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