تصوف
English title: MYSTICISM
يہ حکمت ملکوتي، يہ علم لاہوتيحرم کے درد کا درماں نہيں تو کچھ بھي نہيں
If angelic art and celestial lore the ills of Muslims can not cure, worthless they are and of no use, of fact so true you must be sure.
يہ ذکر نيم شبي ، يہ مراقبے ، يہ سرورتري خودي کے نگہباں نہيں تو کچھ بھي نہيں
Your reveries deep and rapture sweet, your worship at the midst of night, if fail to keep a watch on Self, are useless quite and have value slight.
يہ عقل، جو مہ و پرويں کا کھيلتي ہے شکارشريک شورش پنہاں نہيں تو کچھ بھي نہيں
The intellect can cast its noose on the Pleiades and the Moon if heart is b'reft of love for God, it is not a worthy gift and boon.
خرد نے کہہ بھي ديا 'لاالہ' تو کيا حاصلدل و نگاہ مسلماں نہيں تو کچھ بھي نہيں
If wit incites a man to say ‘No God but He’ it brings no gain; it has no worth at all I think, unless affirmed by heart and brain.
عجب نہيں کہ پريشاں ہے گفتگو ميريفروغ صبح پريشاں نہيں تو کچھ بھي نہيں
No wonder great that my discourse with distraction unbound is fraught if it won't spread like rays of morn, it means such talk has value naught.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — تصوف — 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 — Mysticism — 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