جاوید سے
اللہ کی دین ہے، جسے دےمیراث نہیں بلند نامی
English translation
A son can riot acquire his Sire's renown, unless His grace by Mighty Lord is shown.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
بلند نامی: ناموری، شہرت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 20 of 33 in “جاوید سے” (To Javaid) 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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