نہ مومن ہے نہ مومن کي اميري
English title: Neither the Muslim nor his power survives
نہ مومن ہے نہ مومن کي اميريرہا صوفي ، گئي روشن ضميري
خدا سے پھر وہي قلب و نظر مانگنہيں ممکن اميري بے فقيري
Neither the Muslim nor his power survives; the Sufi has outlived his radiant soul. Ask God for the heart and soul of men of the past; become a faqir, first, to regain thy power.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — نہ مومن ہے نہ مومن کي اميري — 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 Mustansir Mir; English Translation by: Mustansir MirSource