لاہور و کراچي
English title: Lahore and Karachi
نظر اللہ پہ رکھتا ہے مسلمان غيورموت کيا شے ہے، فقط عالم معني کا سفر
For Muslim true Death has no dread; to realm of souls, he straight is led.
ان شہيدوں کي ديت اہل کليسا سے نہ مانگقدر و قيمت ميں ہے خوں جن کا حرم سے بڑھ کر
Don't ask the rulers of this land to grant blood price for martyred band. Their blood is precious and divine like precincts of the Holy Shrine.
آہ! اے مرد مسلماں تجھے کيا ياد نہيں'حرف 'لا تدع مع اللہ الھاً آخر
Alas! The Muslim forgot the lesson that to him was taught. He was ordained to cry to none save to God Unique and One.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — لاہور و کراچي — 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 — Lahore And Karachi — 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