علم و عشق
English title: KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE
Knowledge said to me, Love is madness; Love said to me, Knowledge is calculation: O slave of calculation, do not be a bookworm! Love is Presence entire, Knowledge nothing but a Veil.
The universe is moved by the warmth of Love; knowledge deals with the Attributes, Love is a vision of the Essence; Love is peace and permanence, Love is Life and Death: Knowledge is the rising question, Love is the hidden answer.
Kingdom, faith and faqr are all miracles of Love; the crowned kings and lords are base slaves of Love; Love is the Space and the Creation, Love is Time and Earth! Love is conviction entire, and conviction is the key!
The luxury of destination is forbidden in the religion of Love; fighting the storms is permitted, but the comfort of the shore is forbidden; lightning is permitted to Love, harvest is forbidden. Knowledge is the child of the Book, Love is the mother of the Book./Editors)
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — علم و عشق — 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 — Knowledge and Love — 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