آدم
طلسم بود و عدم، جس کا نام ہے آدمخدا کا راز ہے، قادر نہیں ہے جس پہ سخن
English translation
The Talisman wrought from mud and clay, whom we give the name of mail, is mystery known to God alone, its essence true we can not scan.
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 3 in “آدم” (Adam) 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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