نماز
English title: PRAYER
بدل کے بھيس پھر آتے ہيں ہر زمانے ميںاگرچہ پير ہيں آدم، جواں ہيں لات و منات
يہ ايک سجدہ جسے تو گراں سمجھتا ہے!ہزار سجدے سے ديتا ہے آدمي کو نجات
In different garbs and various masks the idols re-appear in every age: They e'er retain their youth and gloss though man has grown old on this stage. Prostration 'fore God you presume as irksome, tedious, burden great but mind, this homage sets you free from bonds of men, of might who prate.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — نماز — 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 — Prayer (Namaz) — 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