مغربي تہذيب
English title: WESTERN CULTURE
فساد قلب و نظر ہے فرنگ کي تہذيبکہ روح اس مدنيت کي رہ سکي نہ عفيف
رہے نہ روح ميں پاکيزگي تو ہے ناپيدضمير پاک و خيال بلند و ذوق لطيف
The culture that prevails in West corrupts the heart and gaze of man, its soil is full or stains and spots that at leisure one can scan. If soul of man becomes defiled, of conscience clean it gets bereft. It soon forgets high aims and ends; no taste refined in it is left.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — مغربي تہذيب — 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 — Western Civilization — 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