مسلمان کا زوال
English title: THE DECLINE OF THE MUSLIMS
اگرچہ زر بھي جہاں ميں ہے قاضي الحاجاتجو فقر سے ہے ميسر، تو نگري سے نہيں
Though wealth and gold provide the worldly needs of man; but what Faqr can bestow, no wealth or gold e'er can.
اگر جواں ہوں مري قوم کے جسور و غيورقلندري مري کچھ کم سکندري سے نہيں
If youth of nation mine were jealous of their creed; my Qalandar's state won't mind Alexander's might indeed.
سبب کچھ اور ہے، تو جس کو خود سمجھتا ہےزوال بندہ مومن کا بے زري سے نہيں
With ease you can divine to some thing else is due: Penury can not cause decline of Moslems True.
اگر جہاں ميں مرا جوہر آشکار ہواقلندري سے ہوا ہے، تو نگري سے نہيں
Wealth has played no part to bring my worth to light; my Faqr this spell has cast, the share of wealth is slight.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مسلمان کا زوال — 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 — The Decline of the Muslim — 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