اے روح محمد
شیرازہ ہوا ملت مرحوم کا ابتراب تو ہی بتا، تیرا مسلمان کدھر جائے
English translation
The bonds that in past, like bundle knit, the Faithful Fold, have now been split: O God sent Guide, let Muslims know, what to do and where to go?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
ابتر: بکھر گیا۔شيرازہ: انتظام و ضبط۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “اے روح محمد” (Invocation To The Soul Of Muhammad (S.A.W.)) 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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