اجتہاد
English title: IJTEHAD
ہند ميں حکمت ديں کوئي کہاں سے سيکھےنہ کہيں لذت کردار، نہ افکار عميق
There is no place in Ind where from to learn; the tenets that the Muslim Faith concern. They are devoid of zeal for godly acts, and are not wont to seek its basic facts.
حلقہ شوق ميں وہ جرات انديشہ کہاں!آہ محکومي و تقليد و زوال تحقيق
The mystics, who were keen their Faith to spread, are silent now and thought for them a dread. Alas! The state of bondage deprives of zest, slaves tread the beaten path and relinquish quest.
خود بدلتے نہيں، قرآں کو بدل ديتے ہيں!ہوئے کس درجہ فقيہان حرم بے توفيق
The jurists are helpless to such extent can't change themselves, but would change Koran's content. How sad, the jurists can't shift their outlook, but would prefer to change the Holy Book.
ان غلاموں کا يہ مسلک ہے کہ ناقص ہے کتاب!کہ سکھاتي نہيں مومن کو غلامي کے طريق
These abject slaves opine and cling to creed that Holy Book is full of flaws indeed. They think it incomplete for this fact because it fails to teach the slavish tact.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اجتہاد — 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 — Ijtehad — 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
