فلسفہ ومذہب
English title: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION
!يہ آفتاب کيا ، يہ سپہر بريں ہے کياسمجھ نہيں تسلسل شام و سحر کو ميں
Wherefore this succession of day and night? And what are the sun and the starry heavens?
اپنے وطن ميں ہوں کہ غريب الديار ہوںڈرت ہوں ديکھ ديکھ کے اس دشت و در کو ميں
Am I in my land or in banishment? The vastness of this desert fills me with fright.
کھلت نہيں مرے سفر زندگي کا رازلاؤں کہاں سے بندئہ صاحب نظر کو ميں
I know not the enigma of this life of mine; I know not where to find one who knows.
حيراں ہے بوعلي کہ ميں آيا کہاں سے ہوںرومي يہ سوچتا ہے کہ جاؤں کدھر کو ميں
Avicenna wonders where he came from; and Rumi wonders where he should go.
جات ہوں تھوڑي دور ہر اک راہرو کے ساتھ ''''پہچانت نہيں ہوں ابھي راہبر کو ميں
‘With every wayfarer I pace a little; I know not yet who my leader is.’
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — فلسفہ ومذہب — 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 — Philosophy And Religion — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource