احکام الہي
English title: DECREES OF GOD
!پابندي تقدير کہ پابندي احکاميہ مسئلہ مشکل نہيں اے مرد خرد مند
This problem is not hard to solve O man, endowed with insight great Wh'r to obey dictates of God, or submit to decrees of Fate.
اک آن ميں سو بار بدل جاتي ہے تقديرہے اس کا مقلد ابھي ناخوش ، ابھي خورسند
The Wheel of Fate spins hundred times within the twinkling of the eye; he, who follows freaks of Fate, anon is down and anon is high.
تقدير کے پابند نباتات و جماداتمومن فقط احکام الہي کا ہے پابند
Herbs, vegetables and minerals alike adhere to what Fate pre-ordains: But Muslim true obeys laws of God, all else abhors and much disdains.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — احکام الہي — 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 — Decrees Of God — 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