مقصود
English title: GOAL
سپنوزا
نظر حيات پہ رکھتا ہے مرد دانش مندحيات کيا ہے ، حضور و سرور و نور و وجود
On life is fixed tile gaze of persons bright, what is life? Presence; being, joy and light.
فلاطوں
نگاہ موت پہ رکھتا ہے مرد دانش مندحيات ہے شب تاريک ميں شرر کي نمود
حيات و موت نہيں التفات کے لائقفقط خودي ہے خودي کي نگاہ کا مقصود
A wise man knows that 'fore death he must bow, in pitch dark night, life, ike spark, soon loses glow. Both life and death deserve not any heed the Self of man is Ego's goal and need.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مقصود — 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 — Goal — 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