فقر و راہبی
پسند روح و بدن کی ہے وا نمود اس کوکہ ہے نہایت مومن خودی کی عریانی
English translation
He yearns to put to test his frame and soul, display of Self is his main aim and goal.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
وا نمود: آشکار کرنا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 6 in “فقر و راہبی” (Faqr And Monkery) 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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