تسليم و رضا
English title: RESIGNATION
ہر شاخ سے يہ نکتہ پيچيدہ ہے پيداپودوں کو بھي احساس ہے پہنائے فضا کا
The twigs and boughs this subtle point explain that sense of surrounding wide to plants is plain.
ظلمت کدئہ خاک پہ شاکر نہيں رہتاہر لحظہ ہے دانے کو جنوں نشوونما کا
The seed is not content with dwelling dark; it has a craze to spire from earth like spark.
فطرت کے تقاضوں پہ نہ کر راہ عمل بندمقصود ہے کچھ اور ہي تسليم و رضا کا
Don't bar the path to deeds for Nature's claims; submission to will of God has different aims.
جرات ہو نمو کي تو فضا تنگ نہيں ہےاے مرد خدا، ملک خدا تنگ نہيں ہے
If there is pluck for growth, the suburbs suffice; O man, the world is wide, if you are, wise.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — تسليم و رضا — 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 — Resignation — 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