جہان از خود برون آوردۂ کیست؟
English title: Who brought the wide world on the cosmos scene,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
جہان از خود برون آوردۂ کیست؟جمالش جلوہء بی پردۂ کیست؟
مرا گوئی کہ از شیطان حذر کنبگو با من کہ او پروردۂ کیست؟
You say to me, ‘Beware of Satan!’ But tell me: Who nurtured him?
تو مجھ سے کہتا ہے کہ شیطان سے بچ، مجھ سے کہہ کہ وہ کس کا پالا ہوا ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — جہان از خود برون آوردۂ کیست؟ — Digital transcription file at commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the source dataset does not identify the underlying print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Iqbal Demystified source list: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — Pinned digital dataset commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; the underlying print edition is not identified by the dataset.Community dataset list; not reconciled against a print edition.Source
- armaghan-e-hijaz: published English translation by مستنصر میر — Published digital poem page (tc5z4xq2.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مستنصر میر; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
- armaghan-e-hijaz: published Urdu translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (tc5z4xq2.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source