محمد علي باب
English title: MUHAMMAD ALI BAB
تھي خوب حضور علما باب کي تقريربيچارہ غلط پڑھتا تھا اعراب سموات
اس کي غلطي پر علما تھے متبسمبولا ، تمہيں معلوم نہيں ميرے مقامات
اب ميري امامت کے تصدق ميں ہيں آزاد!محبوس تھے اعراب ميں قرآن کے آيات
Before assembled Muslim priests, Bab made a speech with apt remarks that fellow could not read aright 'Samawats' with its syntactic marks. The scholars smiled with contempt at stupid error that he made. He said with courage and aplomb, they knew not his spiritual grade. The verses of the Holy Book by desinential marks were bound; they were ransomed and set free for sake of guidance true and sound.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — محمد علي باب — 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 — Muhammad Ali Bab — 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