ہوا نہ زور سے اس کے کوئي گريباں چاک
English title: Intuition in the West was clever in its power
Intuition in the West was clever in its power, but had not the plenitude for absolute abandon.
The quintessence of life is the force of faith supreme: It is a force denied to all our seats of learning.
The galaxies, the planets, the firmament, are all waiting for man’s rise, like a star in heaven.
Brains are bright and hearts are dark and eyes are bold, is this the sum and substance of what our age has gained?
The world is a haystack forthe fire of theMuslim soul, but if thou art eyeless, thou canst not find thy way.
To a multitude of men, reason is the guide; they know not that frenzy has a wisdom of its own.
The world entire is a legacy of the Man of Faith: I say it on the authority of We would not have created it.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ہوا نہ زور سے اس کے کوئي گريباں چاک — 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: Bal-e-Jibril — 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
- Bal-e-Jibril English translation at allama-iqbal.com — — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource