اشاعت اسلام فرنگستان ميں
English title: PREACHING OF ISLAM IN THE WEST
ضمير اس مدنيت کا ديں سے ہے خاليفرنگيوں ميں اخوت کا ہے نسب پہ قيام
The cultures that prevail in West are quite devoid of Faith or Creed. Amongst the Franks fraternity rests on ties of lineage, race and breed.
بلند تر نہيں انگريز کي نگاہوں ميںقبول دين مسيحي سے برہمن کا مقام
A Brahmin, in Britannia’s sight, Ascends no higher in life’s scale | Because the creed of the Messiah, Has numbered him with its recruits;
اگر قبول کرے، دين مصطفي ، انگريزسياہ روز مسلماں رہے گا پھر بھي غلام
If Franks embraced the Muslim Faith, revealed to Mustafa (S.A.W.), sundry and all: There won't be change in Muslim's state, the wretch would still remain a thrall.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اشاعت اسلام فرنگستان ميں — 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 — Propagation of Islam in the West — 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
- Poems from Iqbal — First edition, 1955Translation by V. G. Kiernan; Published English translations attributed to V. G. Kiernan; the 231 previously imported exact passages remain, with one additional independently reviewed final standalone line at PDF page 100. Each new locator names its exact passage scope.Source