امرائے عرب سے
English title: TO THE AMIRS OF ARABIA
کرے يہ کافر ہندي بھي جرات گفتار!اگر نہ ہو امرائے عرب کي بے ادبي
If Amirs of Arabian lands don't take it for a slur or slight; this Muslim from the land of Ind may speak with vigour great and might.
يہ نکتہ پہلے سکھايا گيا کس امت کو؟!وصال مصطفوي ، افتراق بولہبي
Who were the people whom at first God's apostle preached kinship close? Division amongst them was infused by men, like Bu Lahab the like.
نہيں وجود حدود و ثغور سے اس کامحمد عربي سے ہے عالم عربي
Their existence does not rest at all on borders long and deserts vast Arabian lands subsist because of blessings of Arabia's Prophet Last.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — امرائے عرب سے — 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 — To the Arab Nobles — 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