تن بہ تقدير
English title: SUBMISSION TO FATE
اسي قرآں ميں ہے اب ترک جہاں کي تعليمجس نے مومن کو بنايا مہ و پرويں کا امير
'تن بہ تقدير' ہے آج ان کے عمل کا اندازتھي نہاں جن کے ارادوں ميں خدا کي تقدير
تھا جو 'ناخوب، بتدريج وہي ' خوب' ہواکہ غلامي ميں بدل جاتا ہے قوموں کا ضمير
The Koranic teaching that did bring the Moon and Pleiades within human: Is now explained in manner strange, 'Twixt man and world to cause a breach. Their mode of work has changed entire, before the freaks of Fate they bow: They had a say in what God decreed, but Muslims have now fallen low. What was so evil has by steps put on the shape of good and fine: In state of bondage, as is known, the shift of conscience is quite sure.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — تن بہ تقدير — 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: Zarb-e-Kalim — 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
- Zarb-e-Kalim English translation at allama-iqbal.com — Submission To Fate — Public digital poem page, retrieved 2026-10-06; pinned to allama-iqbal.com commit 82547635bb6b758c45082084b2f152fc453a8056.Translation by Syed Akbar Ali Shah; English Translation by: Syed Akbar Ali ShahSource