مدنیت اسلام
نہ اس میں عصر رواں کی حیا سے بیزارینہ اس میں عہد کہن کے فسانہ و افسوں
English translation
He is not sick of modesty like the current age, black art and myths his attention don't engage.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 5 in “مدنیت اسلام” (Islamic Civilization) 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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