حال ومقام
English title: WORLDS APART
دل زندہ و بيدار اگر ہو تو بتدريجبندے کو عطا کرتے ہيں چشم نگراں اور
When the heart is enlightened, it is blessed with an inward eye.
احوال و مقامات پہ موقوف ہے سب کچھہر لحظہ ہے سالک کا زماں اور مکاں اور
The initiate has a different level of space and time in each position.
الفاظ و معاني ميں تفاوت نہيں ليکنملا کي اذاں اور مجاہد کي اذاں اور
The mullah’s and the crusader’s (mujahid’s) azan, the same in words, are apart in spirit.
پرواز ہے دونوں کي اسي ايک فضا ميںکرگس کا جہاں اور ہے ، شاہيں کا جہاں اور
The vulture and the eagle soar in the same air, but in worlds apart.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — حال ومقام — 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 — State and Station (spiritual stages) — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Naim Siddiqui; English Translation by: Naim SiddiquiSource