دين و تعليم
English title: RELIGION AND EDUCATION
مجھ کو معلوم ہيں پيران حرم کے اندازہو نہ اخلاص تو دعوئے نظر لاف و گزاف
I know the modes of those who guide the creed, though lacking truth, of vision boast, indeed.
اور يہ اہل کليسا کا نظام تعليمايک سازش ہے فقط دين و مروت کے خلاف
The teaching that the English have devised 'gainst Faith and ties has great intrigue contrived:
اس کي تقدير ميں محکومي و مظلومي ہےقوم جو کر نہ سکي اپني خودي سے انصاف
That race is doomed to bondage and much pain, which justice for its Ego can't attain.
فطرت افراد سے اغماض بھي کر ليتي ہےکبھي کرتي نہيں ملت کے گناہوں کو معاف
The faults of one man Nature can reprieve, but groups for crimes no par don can receive.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — دين و تعليم — 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 — Religion And Education — 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