معراج
English title: ASCENSION
دے ولولہ شوق جسے لذت پروازکر سکتا ہے وہ ذرہ مہ و مہر کو تاراج
A mote endowed with strong desire for flight can reach the Sun and Moon with effort slight.
مشکل نہيں ياران چمن ! معرکہ بازپر سوز اگر ہو نفس سينہ دراج
If chest of partridge fire and zeal emit, my friends, in fight with hawk it can acquit.
ناوک ہے مسلماں ، ہدف اس کا ہے ثرياہے سر سرا پردہ جاں نکتہ معراج
Ascension means to gauge a Muslim's heart; the Pleiades are the target of his dart.
تو معني و النجم ، نہ سمجھا تو عجب کياہے تيرا مد و جزر ابھي چاند کا محتاج
No wonder, meanings of Najm from you hide, on Moon depends your ocean's ebb and tide.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — 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: 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 — Ascension — 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