سلطان ٹیپو کی وصیت
صبح ازل یہ مجھ سے کہا جبرئیل نےجو عقل کا غلام ہو، وہ دل نہ کر قبول
English translation
Gabriel on Creation's Early Morn, a piece of useful counsel gave: He bade me not accept a heart enchained by mind of man like slave.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 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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