علم اور دين
English title: KNOWLEDGE AND RELIGION
وہ علم اپنے بتوں کا ہے آپ ابراہيمکيا ہے جس کو خدا نے دل و نظر کا نديم
Learning whom God has made the mate of heart and sight, like Friend of God can break with ease all idols bright.
زمانہ ايک ، حيات ايک ، کائنات بھي ايکدليل کم نظري، قصہء جديد و قديم
Cosmos and life are ore, the world is one and same; the tale of old and new is merely false and lame.
چمن ميں تربيت غنچہ ہو نہيں سکتينہيں ہے قطرہ شبنم اگر شريک نسيم
A blossom can not thrive in meadow full of trees, unless some drops of dew ally with pleasant breeze.
وہ علم، کم بصري جس ميں ہمکنار نہيں!تجليات کليم و مشاہدات حکيم
That ken is vision dim in which the wise man's lore and sight that Moses viewed keep apart and merge no more.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — علم اور دين — 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 Religion — 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