آزادي
English title: FREEDOM
ہے کس کي يہ جرات کہ مسلمان کو ٹوکےحريت افکار کي نعمت ہے خدا داد
The right of thinking free, a Muslim owns, is gift or God which can't be checked by frowns.
چاہے تو کرے کعبے کو آتش کدہ پارسچاہے تو کرے اس ميں فرنگي صنم آباد
He can transform the Shrine to Magian fane, can deck the Shrine with Frankish idols vain.
قرآن کو بازيچہ تاويل بنا کرچاہے تو خود اک تازہ شريعت کرے ايجاد
Can make the Holy Book the sport or boys, and can with ease devise new Faiths like toys.
ہے مملکت ہند ميں اک طرفہ تماشااسلام ہے محبوس ، مسلمان ہے آزاد
In India queer and odd the farce you see, the Faith is captive, but the Muslims free.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — 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 — 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