ہندي اسلام
English title: ISLAM IN INDIA
ہے زندہ فقط وحدت افکار سے ملتوحدت ہو فنا جس سے وہ الہام بھي الحاد
Oneness of thought and Faith alone can make a Society last for long: That revelation is schism indeed that fails to make this bond much strong.
وحدت کي حفاظت نہيں بے قوت بازوآتي نہيں کچھ کام يہاں عقل خدا داد
And only the strong hand is fit, To guard the creed: | Let no‐one trust man’s native wit, To serve such need.
اے مرد خدا! تجھ کو وہ قوت نہيں حاصلجا بيٹھ کسي غار ميں اللہ کو کر ياد
O man of God, you lack such strength, go seek retreat in cave forlorn; arid sit there like a hermit old, worship Almighty Lord night and morn.
مسکيني و محکومي و نوميدي جاويدجس کا يہ تصوف ہو وہ اسلام کر ايجاد
And there concoct some new Islam, Whose mystic kernel | Shall be a tame submissive calm, Despair eternal!
ملا کو جو ہے ہند ميں سجدے کي اجازت!ناداں يہ سمجھتا ہے کہ اسلام ہے آزاد
—In India, if bare leave be deigned, His prayer‐prostration, | Our dull priest thinks Islam has gained Emancipation.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — ہندي اسلام — 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 — Indian Islam — 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
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source