خودي کي تربيت
English title: UPBRINGING OF SELFHOOD
خودي کي پرورش و تربيت پہ ہے موقوفکہ مشت خاک ميں پيدا ہو آتش ہمہ سوز
يہي ہے سر کليمي ہر اک زمانے ميں!ہوائے دشت و شعيب و شباني شب و روز
If Self is bred with perfect care, such force and strength it can acquire that handful dust of man with case can set untruths and wrongs afire. This is the mystery we ascribe to Moses in every age and clime; he tended the sheep in wilds and learnt from Shoaib to toil and mode sublime.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — خودي کي تربيت — 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 — Upbringing Of Selfhood — 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