مرد مسلمان
ہمسایہء جبریل امیں بندئہ خاکیہے اس کا نشیمن نہ بخارا نہ بدخشان
English translation
With Gabriel trusted and steadfast this clay-born man has kinship close, a dwelling in some land or clime for himself Muslim never chose.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 8 in “مرد مسلمان” (A Muslim) 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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