سلطان ٹيپو کي وصيت
English title: THE TESTAMENT OF TIPU SULTAN
If you traverse the road of love, don't yearn to seek repose or rest; if Laila be your companion close that litter shun with great contempt.
O steamlet, onward flow and get transformed to torrent strong and deep, if bank is e'er on you bestowed, abstain, flow on with mighty sweep.
Don't lose your bearings in this world, because with idols it is full: The assemblage here can cast a spell, disdain, or strings of heart shall pull.
Gabriel on Creation's Early Morn, a piece of useful counsel gave: He bade me not accept a heart enchained by mind of man like slave.
Untruth conceals in various masks, but Truth and God are both unique. There can't be pool 'twixt good and bad, this fact is known from times antique.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — سلطان ٹيپو کي وصيت — 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 — The Testament Of Tipu Sultan — 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