جاوید سے
جوہر میں ہو 'لاالہ' تو کیا خوفتعلیم ہو گو فرنگیانہ
English translation
If essence of God's Oneness be in heart, the lore or Franks can cause no harm or smart.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 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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