آفتاب
Aftab
English title: THE SUN
O Sun! The world's essence and motivator you are; the organizer of the book of the world you are.
The splendor of existence has been created by you. The verdure of the garden of existence depends on you.
The spectacle of elements is maintained by you. The exigency of life in all is maintained by you.
Your appearance confers stability on everything; your illumination and concord is completion of life.
You are the sun which establishes light in the world, which establishes heart, intellect, essence and wisdom.
O Sun! Bestow on us the light of wisdom; bestow your luster's light on the intellect's eye.
You are the decorator of necessaries of existence' assemblage; you are the Yazdan* of the denizens of the high and the low.
Your excellence is reflected from every living thing; the mountain range also shows your elegance.
You are the sustainer of the life of all; you are the king of the light's children.
There is no beginning and no end of yours; free of limits of time is the light* of yours
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — آفتاب — 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: Bang-e-Dara — 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
- Iqbal Academy Pakistan Bang-i-Dara Audio Table of Contents — Official audio contents list; cited only for the displayed Urdu and Romanized title pairsPrimary source used to document this poem’s language or title.Source
- Pinned digital source list 001 (Bang-e-Dara section headings) — Pinned repository commit 39d44fc0c2b8ca25769c4b36e6eac4d90cb42b35; digital transcription, not a selected print edition.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Allama Iqbal.com digital original witness: bang-e-dara/1a/17.json — Cached digital source JSON with page locator and SHA-256 retained.Verified against this pinned digital transcription file; not checked against a print edition.Source
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — The Sun — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-05; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Dr M.A.K. Khalil; English Translation by: Dr M.A.K. KhalilSource
- Allama Iqbal.com, Bang-e-Dara, آفتاب, source groups 2899–2900; correct stray word placement across verse 3/4. Published translations remain aligned by full corrected couplet text. — Digital-source correction to the pinned transcription; the source page and its cached HTML are preserved and hashed in the source record.Edition evidence
- Allama Iqbal.com, Bang-e-Dara, آفتاب, source groups 2899–2900; correct stray word placement across verse 3/4. Published translations remain aligned by full corrected couplet text. — Digital-source correction to the pinned transcription; the source page and its cached HTML are preserved and hashed in the source record.Edition evidence