خلافت بر مقام ما گواہی است
English title: Take the Caliphate’s witness with a heed
Published English translations cover only part of this poem.
No verified published Urdu translation is available for the Persian verses in this poem yet.
خلافت بر مقام ما گواہی استحرام است نچہ بر ما پادشاہی است
ملوکیت ہمہ مکر است و نیرنگخلافت حفظ ناموس الہی است
A trick is the kingship with each new face, The Caliphate but was the God’s own grace.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Persian) — خلافت بر مقام ما گواہی 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 کبیر — Published digital poem page (76xl7yb0.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