لاوالا
نہاد زندگی میں ابتدا 'لا'، انتہا 'الا'پیام موت ہے جب 'لا ہوا الا' سے بیگانہ
English translation
To Negation life is bent at start, at close avowal must be its part. It is death news if unaware, and God's existence won't declare.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
زندگي: اصل فطرت۔ نہاد
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “لاوالا” (No and Yes) 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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