نپولين کے مزار پر
English title: AT NAPOLEON’S TOMB
The destiny of the world is a mystery unknown; it is the force of character that unlocks its heart.
It was the force that powered Alexander’s mighty sword: The sword that shattered all that came in its way.
It was the force that launched Tamburlaine’s conquering hordes: The hordes that swept through rivers and hills and dales.
The call to prayer by men of God in the battle front, through the power of character becomes the voice of God.
But the body’s valour and the power of will, after a moment’s pause, are swallowed up by the grave.
‘The vale of silence is the final goal of our journey; raise a tumult, when alive, under the starlit dome.’
آخر ہماری منزل قبرستان ہے، جہاں خاموشی ہی کا دور دورہ ہے اور کوئی آواز، کوئی صدا وہاں سے نہیں اٹھ سکتی۔ جب حالت یہ ہے تو کیوں زندگی کے اوقات آسمانوں کے گنبد میں غلغلہ اور ہنگامہ بپا کرنے کے لیے وقف نہ کر دیے جائیں ۔
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — نپولين کے مزار پر — 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
- Reviewed exact Persian line-language classifications for the digital Urdu collectionsSource
- Bal-e-Jibril English translation at allama-iqbal.com — At Napoleon’s Tomb — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource
- Bal-e-Jibril: published Urdu field at allama-iqbal.com — Public poem data pinned to allama-iqbal.com repository commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056; source path allama-iqbal-com-content/bal-e-jibreel/04/31.json.Translation by Not separately identified; The published Urdu field does not separately identify its translator. No English translator credit is reused.Source
