نبوت
English title: PROPHETHOOD
ميں نہ عارف ، نہ مجدد، نہ محدث ،نہ فقيہمجھ کو معلوم نہيں کيا ہے نبوت کا مقام
A gnostic, revivalist, jurist or expert in Prophet's maxims I do not claim; as such a Prophet's rank and state in terms precise I can't proclaim.
ہاں، مگر عالم اسلام پہ رکھتا ہوں نظرفاش ہے مجھ پہ ضمير فلک نيلي فام
Despite these things I always keep on Muslim lands my watchful eye to me are known the secrets hid in depths of this azure sky.
عصر حاضر کي شب تار ميں ديکھي ميں نےيہ حقيقت کہ ہے روشن صفت ماہ تمام
In present age, so full of dusk I have beheld this fact so stark that peeps like bright and full grown moon from sky that wears the mantle dark.
وہ نبوت ہے مسلماں کے ليے برگ حشيش ''''جس نبوت ميں نہيں قوت و شوکت کا پيام
The seer, inspired by God, who fails to prompt to deeds of might and main, is just akin to leaf of hemp that makes oblivious to loss or gain.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — نبوت — 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 — Prophethood — 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