پنجابي مسلمان
English title: PUNJABI MUSLIM
مذہب ميں بہت تازہ پسند اس کي طبيعتکر لے کہيں منزل تو گزرتا ہے بہت جلد
A new born Faith invokes his taste, adopts with zeal but leaves with haste.
تحقيق کي بازي ہو تو شرکت نہيں کرتاہو کھيل مريدي کا تو ہرتا ہے بہت جلد
In search for truth lie takes no part, as disciple stakes both head and heart.
تاويل کا پھندا کوئي صياد لگا دےيہ شاخ نشيمن سے اترتا ہے بہت جلد
If comments' snare some hunter set, from nest on bough would drop in net.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — پنجابي مسلمان — 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 — Punjabi Muslim — 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