طارق کي دعا
English title: TARIQ’S PRAYER
TARIQ’s PRAYER: In the Battlefield of Andalusia. These warriors, victorious, these worshippers of Thine, whom Thou hast granted the will to win power in Thy name.
Who cleave rivers and woods in twain; whose terror turns mountains into dust!
They care not for the world; they care not for its pleasures; in their passion, in their zeal, in their love for Thee, O Lord!
They aim at martyrdom, not the rule of the earth.
Red flower in the flower-bed (Spain) is waiting since long; it requires an apron made of Arab blood
Thou hast united warring tribes; in thought, in deed, in prayer.
The burning fire that life had sought; for centuries, was found in them at last.
They think of death, not as life’s end; but as the ennobling of the heart.
Bring the heart in the chest of true believer back to life; lightening that lied in cry of La-tazar. (Reference to prayer of Noah (A.S.) in which he had prayed for replacing darkness of infidelity with the light of belief).
Awaken in them an iron will; and make their eye a sharpened sword.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — طارق کي دعا — 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 — Tariq’s Prayer — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naeem Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naeem SiddiquiSource