آزادي فکر
English title: FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
آزادي افکار سے ہے ان کي تباہيرکھتے نہيں جو فکر و تدبر کا سليقہ
ہو فکر اگر خام تو آزادي افکار!انسان کو حيوان بنانے کا طريقہ
Free thinking can bring 'bout the ruin of those whose thoughts are low and mean: They don't possess the mode and style of though (that may be chaste and clean. If thoughts are raw and immature no good accrues to man in least: The utmost. that such thoughts can do is change of wan to state of beast.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — آزادي فکر — 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 — Freedom Of Thought — 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