کشادہ دست کرم جب وہ بے نياز کرے
English title: WHEN THAT BENIAZ OPENS HIS GRACEFUL HAND
When that Beniaz opens His Graceful Hand: Why should the niazmand be not proud of his humility.
You have confined Him to the Arsh, O preacher! What kind of God would keep away from His people?
In my view he is not a rind at all, O cup-bearer, who would distinguish between ecstasy and lack of it.*
Always remain very attentive to the heart, this orchestra is such if broken, it would produce the music of the Secret.
Somebody should ask how it hurts the preacher, if God shows His Grace even to the sinner.
O God! From where does poetry acquire its heat? This is a thing with which even stone would soften.
Nightingale’s lament comes from discrimination between tulip and rose; no one in the world should open the discriminating eye.
The arrogance of piety has taught the preacher to use abusive language to the people of God.
Such wind should blow from India, O Iqbal which would blow me as dust to Hijaz.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — کشادہ دست کرم جب وہ بے نياز کرے — 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
- Bang-e-Dara English translation at allama-iqbal.com — — 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
