فقر و راہبي
English title: FAQR AND MONKERY
کچھ اور چيز ہے شايد تري مسلمانيتري نگاہ ميں ہے ايک ، فقر و رہباني
Perhaps your Faith is so much quaint and queer, for Faqr and monkery same to you appear.
سکوں پرستي راہب سے فقر ہے بيزارفقير کا ہے سفينہ ہميشہ طوفاني
Faqr has a loathing great for monkish ease its boat is ever tossed by stormy seas.
پسند روح و بدن کي ہے وا نمود اس کوکہ ہے نہايت مومن خودي کي عرياني
He yearns to put to test his frame and soul, display of Self is his main aim and goal.
وجود صيرفي کائنات ہے اس کااسے خبر ہے، يہ باقي ہے اور وہ فاني
Its life like touchstone acts for Cosmos vast; it knows what will perish and what will last.
اسي سے پوچھ کہ پيش نگاہ ہے جو کچھجہاں ہے يا کہ فقط رنگ و بو کي طغياني
Ask it if things on which your eyes are bent, are real or merely riot of hue and scent.
يہ فقر مرد مسلماں نے کھو ديا جب سےرہي نہ دولت سلماني و سليماني
Since Muslim true of Faqr has been bereft, no Salman's Faith or Solomon's awe are left.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — فقر و راہبي — 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 — Faqr And Monkery — 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