دين وسياست
English title: CHURCH AND STATE
کليسا کي بنياد رہبانيت تھيسماتي کہاں اس فقيري ميں ميري
Monasticism was the church’s base; its austere living had no room for wealth.
خصومت تھي سلطاني و راہبي ميںکہ وہ سربلندي ہے يہ سربزيري
The anchorite and the king have ever been hostile; one has humility; the other an exalted power.
سياست نے مذہب سے پيچھا چھٹراياچلي کچھ نہ پير کليسا کي پيري
Church and state were separated at last; the revered priest was rendered powerless.
ہوئي دين و دولت ميں جس دم جدائيہوس کي اميري ، ہوس کي وزيري
When church and state parted the ways for ever, it set in the rule of avarice and greed.
دوئي ملک و ديں کے ليے نامراديدوئي چشم تہذيب کي نابصيري
This split is a disaster both for country and faith, and shows the culture’s blind lack of vision.
يہ اعجاز ہے ايک صحرا نشيں کا!بشيري ہے آئينہ دار نذيري
It is the miracle of a desert-dweller to make the grace a mirror to power.
اسي ميں حفاظت ہے انسانيت کيکہ ہوں ايک جنےدي و اردشيري
Mankind’s deliverance lies in the unity of those who rule the body and those who rule the soul.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — دين وسياست — 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 — Church And State — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource