وحي
English title: REVELATION
عقل بے مايہ امامت کي سزاوار نہيںراہبر ہو ظن و تخميں تو زبوں کار حيات
Poor intellect can't be fit to be your guide in life if led by guess and doubt disruption may get rife.
فکر بے نور ترا، جذب عمل بے بنيادسخت مشکل ہے کہ روشن ہو شب تار حيات
Your zeal infirm and weak, unlit your thoughts by light it is too hard to illume your life's dark dismal night.
خوب و ناخوب عمل کي ہو گرہ وا کيونکر!گر حيات آپ نہ ہو شارح اسرار حيات
Twixt actions good and bad it's hard to draw a line, unless life undertakes such subtle points to define.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — وحي — 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 — Revelation — 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