توحيد
English title: ONENESS OF GOD
زندہ قوت تھي جہاں ميں يہي توحيد کبھيآج کيا ہے، فقط اک مسئلہء علم کلام
There were times when God's oneness was a living force in world of clay: But subtle points by pedants raised have changed the trend of times today.
روشن اس ضو سے اگر ظلمت کردار نہ ہوخود مسلماں سے ہے پوشيدہ مسلماں کا مقام
If conduct dark is not illumed by means of bright and dazzling glow it means that rank of Muslim true he himself also does not know.
ميں نے اے مير سپہ! تيري سپہ ديکھي ہے'قل ھو اللہ، کي شمشير سے خالي ہيں نيام
O Marshal of this great array, I have descried your mighty hordes they don't repeat ‘Say God is One’, their sheaths devoid of piercing swords.
آہ! اس راز سے واقف ہے نہ ملا، نہ فقيہوحدت افکار کي بے وحدت کردار ہے خام
The Mullah and Jurist both alas about this fact are not aware; as long as thoughts are not the same; the ripeness of acts leads nowhere.
قوم کيا چيز ہے، قوموں کي امامت کيا ہے!اس کو کيا سمجھيں يہ بيچارے دو رکعت کے امام
The Mullahs who lead prayers brief, don't know a nation's goal and aim. How can they learn a nation's weight, when things like this they do not claim?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — توحيد — 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 — Oneness Of God — 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