متاع شیخ اساطیر کہن بود
English title: The assets of Sheikh were the fables old,
متاع شیخ اساطیر کہن بودحدیث او ہمہ تخمین و ظن بود
The assets of Sheikh were the fables old, On guessand thinking his Hadith was mould.
شیخ (روحانی و مذہبی امام) کا سارا علم پرانی داستانیں کہنے تک ہے ۔ اس کی ساری باتیں اندازے اور گمان پر مبنی ہیں یعنی وہ خود بھی حقیقی معنوں میں اسلام کی روح تک پہنچنے سے قاصر ہے ۔
ہنوز اسلام او زنار دار استحرم چون دیر بود او برہمن بود
He holds faith yet like a Hindu’s thread, His mosque thus sways in a temple’s stead.
ابھی تک اس کا اسلام زنار دار ہے ۔ اس کے لیے کعبہ مندر کی طرح ہے اس کا امام برہمن ہے ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — متاع شیخ اساطیر کہن بود — 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 کبیر — Published digital poem page (byahkmdb.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by کبیر; 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 (byahkmdb.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