مہدی برحق
پیران کلیسا ہوں کہ شیخان حرم ہوںنے جدت گفتار ہے، نے جدت کردار
English translation
The priests who guide the Christian church and Elders who maintain the Shrine, lack newness of discourse and speech, bereft are they of actions fine.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
شيخان حرم: ملّاپيران کليسا: پادری۔جدت: نیا پن۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 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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