اے روح محمد
English title: INVOCATION TO THE SOUL OF MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
شيرازہ ہوا ملت مرحوم کا ابتر!اب تو ہي بتا، تيرا مسلمان کدھر جائے
The bonds that in past, like bundle knit, the Faithful Fold, have now been split: O God sent Guide, let Muslims know, what to do and where to go?
وہ لذت آشوب نہيں بحر عرب ميںپوشيدہ جو ہے مجھ ميں، وہ طوفان کدھر جائے
The Arabian Sea is quite bereft; of stir, there rise no waves and 'crest the tempest that in me is hid has no place to spread and skid.
ہر چند ہے بے قافلہ و راحلہ و زاداس کوہ و بياباں سے حدي خوان کدھر جائے
Caravan has left the tramp alone, but mount or food he does not own; where can the singing cameleer go, who rides on hill and waste to and fro.
اس راز کو اب فاش کر اے روح محمد!آيات الہي کا نگہبان کدھر جائے
Soul, whom God for message chose! This secret hid to me disclose; some light on this problem throw, where may the guard of God's portents go?
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اے روح محمد — 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 — Invocation To The Soul Of Muhammad (S.A.W.) — 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