ز محکومی مسلمان خود فروش است
English title: From bondage a Moslem is a self sold guy,
ز محکومی مسلمان خود فروش استگرفتار طلسم چشم و گوش است
Muslim has sold himself away due to slavery, and is fettered to the talisman of eye and ear;
مسلمان غلامی کی وجہ سے خود کو اپنے ضمیر کو بیچتا ہے ۔ وہ آنکھ اور کان کے جادو (عیش کوشی) میں مصروف ہے ۔
ز محکومی رگان در تن چنان سستکہ ما را شرع و آئین بار دوش است
his body’s veins grow so indolent through slavery that shari‘ah and law become a burden for us.
محکومی کی وجہ سے رگیں جسم میں اس طرح سست ہو چکی ہیں کہ ہمیں شریعت اور اللہ کا قانون کندھوں کا بوجھ معلوم ہوتے ہیں (اسلامی آئین سے بیزار ہو چکے ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — ز محکومی مسلمان خود فروش است — 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 (s58v1ro5.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 (s58v1ro5.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