ھمای علم تا افتد بدامت

English title: If you seek knowledge, then be of two minds

Translations
ھمای علم تا افتد بدامتیقین کم کن گرفتار شکی باش
عمل خواہی یقین را پختہ تر کنیکی جوی و یکی بین و یکی باش
Sources and translator credits
  • Original text transcription: Payam-e-Mashriq — ھمای علم تا افتد بدامت — 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: Payam-e-Mashriq — 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
  • payam-e-mashriq: published English translation by مخدوم حسان — Published digital poem page (11j8i2jt.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by مخدوم حسان; Published English translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
  • payam-e-mashriq: published Urdu translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی — Published digital poem page (11j8i2jt.json); retrieved 2026-10-05.Translation by حمیداللہ ہاشمی; Published Urdu translation credited on the Zinderood digital poem page; the exact source unit is recorded with each imported passage.Source
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