ابليس کي عرضداشت
English title: SATAN’S PETITION
کہتا تھا عزازيل خداوند جہاں سے!پرکالہء آتش ہوئي آدم کي کف خاک
To the Lord of the universe the Devil said:— | A firebrand Adam grows, that pinch of dust
جاں لاغر و تن فربہ و ملبوس بدن زيب!دل نزع کي حالت ميں ، خرد پختہ و چالاک
Meager-souled, plump of flesh, in fine clothes trussed, brain ripe and subtle, heart not far from dead.
ناپاک جسے کہتي تھي مشرق کي شريعت!مغرب کے فقيہوں کا يہ فتوي ہے کہ ہے پاک
What the East’s sacred law made men abjure, | The casuist of the West pronounces pure;
تجھ کو نہيں معلوم کہ حوران بہشتيويراني جنت کے تصور سے ہيں غم ناک؟
Knowest Thou not, the girls of Paradise see | And mourn their gardens turning wilderness?
جمہور کے ابليس ہيں ارباب سياست!باقي نہيں اب ميري ضرورت تہ افلاک
For fiends its rulers serve the populace: | Beneath the heavens is no more need of me!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bal-e-Jibril — ابليس کي عرضداشت — 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 — Satan's Petition — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by V G Kiernan; English Translation by: V G KiernanSource
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source