تقدير
English title: DESTINY
نااہل کو حاصل ہے کبھي قوت و جبروتہے خوار زمانے ميں کبھي جوہر ذاتي
Often men who don't deserve get might and main, anon a Person's gifts un-graced remain.
شايد کوئي منطق ہو نہاں اس کے عمل ميںتقدير نہيں تابع منطق نظر آتي
Perhaps some rules of logic are concealed; mishaps that lie in wait are not revealed.
ہاں، ايک حقيقت ہے کہ معلوم ہے سب کوتاريخ امم جس کو نہيں ہم سے چھپاتي
There is a fact that all of us can know world annals much light on this matter throw.
ہر لحظہ ہے قوموں کے عمل پر نظر اس کي ''!براں صفت تيغ دو پيکر نظر اس کي
Fate keeps its eye on what the nations do, like two-edged sword can riddle through and through.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — 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 — Destiny — 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