خدا آن ملتی را سروری داد
English title: God gave that nation a sway o’er lands,
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
Published Urdu translations cover some, but not all, Persian verses in this poem.
خدا آن ملتی را سروری دادکہ تقدیرش بدست خویش بنوشت
بہ آن ملت سروکاری نداردکہ دہقانش برای دیگران کشت
With that nation he keeps no links. Whose farmer tills for other’s drinks.
وہ خدا اس قوم سے کوئی تعلق نہیں رکھتا جس کے کسان دوسروں کے لیے کھیتی باڑی کرتے ہیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — خدا آن ملتی را سروری داد — 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 (p7ehsffh.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 (p7ehsffh.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