سلطان ٹیپو کی وصیت
کھویا نہ جا صنم کدہ کائنات میںمحفل گداز ! گرمی محفل نہ کر قبول
English translation
Don't lose your bearings in this world, because with idols it is full: The assemblage here can cast a spell, disdain, or strings of heart shall pull.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 5 in “سلطان ٹیپو کی وصیت” (The Testament Of Tipu Sultan) in the section Education and Upbringing, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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