حضور رسالت مآب ميں
English title: IN AUDIENCE WITH THE HOLY PROPHET S.A.W.
When I felt this ignoble strife of the world grievous; packing up my goods and chattel I departed from the world.
Though I did pass life within limits of morning and evening; I never got acquainted with the old system of the world.
The angles took me to the assembly of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.): They took me to the audience of the symbol of God’s Mercy.
The Holy Prophet said ‘O nightingale of the garden of Hijaz! Each flower-bud of yours is melted with your music’s warmth.
Your heart is always ecstatic with the wine-cup of God’s proximity; your supplication is the envy of prostrations in Divine Love.
In your flight from the lowly world to the celestial world; the angels taught you the elegance of the flight.
You have come like fragrance out of the world’s garden with what gift for me have come you?’
‘Sir! Satisfaction on the earth is not available; the life I am searching for is not available.
Thousands of tulips and roses exist in the garden of existence; the flower-bud with the fragrance of fidelity is not available.
But I have brought a lover’s wine-glass as an offering; whatever is in this even in paradise is not available.
Glistens your Ummah’s honour in this; blood of Tripoli’s martyrs is in this.’
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — حضور رسالت مآب ميں — 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 — In Audience With The Holy Prophet S.A.W. — 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
