فلسفہ
English title: PHILOSOPHY
افکار جوانوں کے خفي ہوں کہ جلي ہوںپوشيدہ نہيں مرد قلندر کي نظر سے
The thoughts of young both masked and plain from Qalandar's eyes can't hid, remain.
معلوم ہيں مجھ کو ترے احوال کہ ميں بھيمدت ہوئي گزرا تھا اسي راہ گزر سے
I know your states for I too crost, these tracts in times which now are past.
الفاظ کے پيچوں ميں الجھتے نہيں دانا!غواص کو مطلب ہے صدف سے کہ گہر سے
The wise 'bout words do not quarrel, he heeds not shell who seeks the pearl.
پيدا ہے فقط حلقہ ارباب جنوں ميںوہ عقل کہ پا جاتي ہے شعلے کو شرر سے
Men crazed with Love of God possess wit that from spark the flame can guess.
جس معني پيچيدہ کي تصديق کرے دلقيمت ميں بہت بڑھ کے ہے تابندہ گہر سے
An import complex confirmed by heart is precious more than gems in mart.
يا مردہ ہے يا نزع کي حالت ميں گرفتارجو فلسفہ لکھا نہ گيا خون جگر سے
As good as dead is science and art, which take not birth from bleeding heart.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — فلسفہ — 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 — Philosophy — 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