چنین دور آسمان کم دیدہ باشد
English title: The sky seldom sees alike this age,
چنین دور آسمان کم دیدہ باشدکہ جبرئیل امین را دل خراشد
Heaven had hardly seen such scenes when Gabriel feels pangs of heart;
آسمان نے ایسا زمانہ (عہد حاضر) کم ہی دیکھا ہو گا جو جبرئیل امین کے دل کو خراب کر رہا ہو ۔
چہ خوش دیری بنا کردند آنجاپرستد مومن و کافر تراشد
what a beautiful temple has been set up there: the kafir craves idols, the Muslim worships.
انھوں نے (عہد حاضر کے لوگ) کیا خوب مندر (عقائد و نظریات) بنایا ہے جہاں مومن (بتوں کی) پوجا کرتا ہے اور کافر (بت) تراشتا ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — چنین دور آسمان کم دیدہ باشد — 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 بشیر احمد — Published digital poem page (2jsu2083.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by بشیر احمد; 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 (2jsu2083.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