قبر
English title: THE GRAVE
مرقد کا شبستاں بھي اسے راس نہ آياآرام قلندر کو تہ خاک نہيں ہے
خاموشي افلاک تو ہے قبر ميں ليکنبے قيدي و پہنائي افلاک نہيں ہے
A Darvesh feels no rest at all beneath the mound of clods and dust though abysmal dark the grave, its rigours yet bear he must. In dark and dismal depths of grave silence of skies a. man can sense, but there he can never find environs free and Space.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — قبر — 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 — The Grave — 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