يہ نکتہ ميں نے سيکھا بوالحسن سے
English title: It was Abul Hassan who stressed the truth
يہ نکتہ ميں نے سيکھا بوالحسن سےکہ جاں مرتي نہيں مرگ بدن سے
چمک سورج ميں کيا باقي رہے گي!اگر بيزار ہو اپني کرن سے
It was Abul Hassan who stressed the truth; that the soul does not expire with the body's death. How could the sun have any light at all, if it spurns and loses its own beams?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — يہ نکتہ ميں نے سيکھا بوالحسن سے — 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 Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource