شب معراج
English title: THE NIGHT OF THE CELESTIAL ASCENSION OF THE HOLY PROPHET S.A.W.
اختر شام کي آتي ہے فلک سے آوازسجدہ کرتي ہے سحر جس کو، وہ ہے آج کي رات
This call of the evening star is coming from the sky | “This is the night before which the dawn prostrates
رہ يک گام ہے ہمت کے ليے عرش بريںکہہ رہي ہے يہ مسلمان سے معراج کي رات
‘For courage the Arsh-i-Barin is only a pace away’: The Mi‘raj’s night is saying this to the Muslim.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Bang-e-Dara — شب معراج — 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 — The Night Of The Celestial Ascension Of The Holy Prophet P.B.U.H — 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
- English translations in the Bang-e-Dara digital anthology excerpt — Recovered Urdu poetry anthology PDF excerpt; publication title and year are not established by the preserved source packet (bang-english.pdf, 105 PDF pages).Translation by M.A.K. Khalil; Passages are individually credited in the recovered PDF as “Translated by M.A.K. Khalil”; exact source and credit PDF page locators are stored with each imported passage.Source