مہدی
قوموں کی حیات ان کے تخیل پہ ہے موقوفیہ ذوق سکھاتا ہے ادب مرغ چمن کو
English translation
A nation's life gets much prolonged by lofty aims and ideals high if dwellers here some zeal possess, they can explore the heights of sky.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 4 in “مہدی” (The 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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