مسجد قوت الاسلام
ہے مری بانگ اذاں میں نہ بلندی، نہ شکوہکیا گوارا ہے تجھے ایسے مسلماں کا سجود؟
English translation
His call to prayer is devoid of lofty tones and grandeur great; O God, let this be known to him, will you let him 'fore you prostrate?
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
شکوہ: دبدبہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 of 6 in “مسجد قوت الاسلام” (The Mosque of the Power of Islam) in the section Literature and Fine Arts, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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