مومن
English title: BELIEVER
(دنيا ميں)
ہو حلقہ ياراں تو بريشم کي طرح نرمرزم حق و باطل ہو تو فولاد ہے مومن
A man whose faith is firm and strong is soft as silk in friendly throng in skirmish between wrong and right like sword of steel, he stands to fight.
افلاک سے ہے اس کي حريفانہ کشاکشخاکي ہے مگر خاک سے آزاد ہے مومن
The skies are his inveterate foes, his war with them e'er onward goes though Muslim true of clay is born from earthly bonds still be is torn.
جچتے نہيں کنجشک و حمام اس کي نظر ميںجبريل و سرافيل کا صياد ہے مومن
To hunt the sparrow and the dove he does not like and does not love, he much aspires his noose to cast on angels great and hold it fast.
(جنت ميں)
کہتے ہيں فرشتے کہ دل آويز ہے مومنحوروں کو شکايت ہے کم آميز ہے مومن
The, angels of this thing are sure that a Muslim can allure, but Maids of Eden do complain, from society he does oft refrain.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مومن — 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 — Believer — 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