نکتہ توحيد
English title: UNITY OF GOD
بياں ميں نکتہ توحيد آ تو سکتا ہےترے دماغ ميں بت خانہ ہو تو کيا کہيے
The subtle point in God's Oneness hid with ease in words we can explain, but what about your mind unsound that brims with myths and idols vain?
وہ رمز شوق کہ پوشيدہ لاالہ ميں ہےطريق شيخ فقيہانہ ہو تو کيا کہيے
The Elder of the Shrine has traits that smack of Jurist's faith and creed; much thirst for view 'No god but He', among his fellows cannot breed.
سرور جو حق و باطل کي کارزار ميں ہےتو حرب و ضرب سے بيگانہ ہو تو کيا کہيے
None can appraise the glee one gets, when war is on 'twixt good and bad; he who can't inflict deadly blows and strokes in war is never glad.
جہاں ميں بندہ حر کے مشاہدات ہيں کياتري نگاہ غلامانہ ہو تو کيا کہيے
Observations made by free born men in world with marvels so replete to those who own the glance of thralls none can such wonders 'fore them repeat.
مقام فقر ہے کتنا بلند شاہي سے!روش کسي کي گدايانہ ہو تو کيا کہيے
A Darvesh holds a loftier rank than a monarch who wears a crown; there is no cure for such a man, who, like paupers, has sunk down.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — نکتہ توحيد — 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 — Unity Of God — 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