وطنيت
English title: WATANIYAT
In this age the wine, the cup, even Jam is different. The cup-bearer started different ways of grace and tyranny.
The Muslim also constructed a different Haram of his own; the Azar of civilization made different idols of his own.
Country is the biggest among these new gods! What is its shirt is the shroud of Din.
This idol which is the product of the new civilization is the plunderer of the structure of the Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W.) Deen.
Your arm is enforced with the strength of the Divine Unity. You are the followers of Mustafa (S.A.W.), your country is Islam.
You should show the old panorama to the world, O Mustafa’s follower! You should destroy this idol.
The limitation to country results in destruction; live like the fish in the ocean free from country.
Renouncing the country is the way of the God’s Beloved;* you should also testify to the Prophethood’s Truth by similar action.
In political parlance country is something different. In Prophet’s command country is something different.
The antagonism among world’s nations is created by this alone; subjugation as the goal of commerce is created by this alone.
Politics have become bereft of sincerity is by this alone; the destruction of the home of the weak is by this alone.
God’s creation is unjustly divided among nations by it; the Islamic concept of nationality is uprooted by it.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — وطنيت — 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 — Nationalism — 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
