غلاموں کے لیے
دین ہو، فلسفہ ہو، فقر ہو، سلطانی ہوہوتے ہیں پختہ عقائد کی بنا پر تعمیر
English translation
It may be philosophy or creed, Derveshhood or else kingly breed; through sound beliefs they grow mature, get built on founds so firm and sure.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 3 in “غلاموں کے لیے” (For Slaves) in the section Politics of the East and the West, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Zarb-e-Kalim (ضربِ کلیم), published in 1936.
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