الہام اور آزادي
English title: REVELATION AND FREEDOM
ہو بندۂ آزاد اگر صاحبِ الہامہے اس کی نگہ فکر و عمل کے لیے مہمیز
With zeal and fervour man is fired by looks of man by God inspired.
اس کے نفسِ گرم کی تاثیر ہے ایسیہو جاتی ہے خاکِ چمنستان شرر آمیز
The intense heat his breath imparts, a blaze in park and orchard starts.
شاہیں کی ادا ہوتی ہے بلبل میں نمودارکس درجہ بدل جاتے ہیں مرغانِ سحر خیز
The mode of hawks the thrush displays, the birds that chirp change mode and ways.
اس مرد خود آگاہ خدا مست کی صحبتدیتی ہے گداؤں کو شکوہِ جم و پرویز
Such man rapt with God's Love can raise, low-born to rank of Jam and Parvez.
محکوم کے الہام سے اللہ بچائےغارتِ گر اقوام ہے وہ صورتِ چنگیز
God save from revelations of a thrall, like Changez, he leads to nations' fall!
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — الہام اور آزادي — 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 — Revelation And Freedom — 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