عورت کي حفاظت
English title: PROTECTION OF THE WEAKER VESSEL
اک زندہ حقيقت مرے سينے ميں ہے مستورکيا سمجھے گا وہ جس کي رگوں ميں ہے لہو سرد
A fact alive is in my breast concealed, he can behold whose blood is not congealed.
نے پردہ ، نہ تعليم ، نئي ہو کہ پرانينسوانيت زن کا نگہباں ہے فقط مرد
To wear a veil and learn new lore or old can't guard fair sex except a person bold.
جس قوم نے اس زندہ حقيقت کو نہ پايااس قوم کا خورشيد بہت جلد ہوا زرد
A nation which can't see this truth divine, pale grows its son and soon begins decline.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — عورت کي حفاظت — 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 — Protection Of The Weaker Vessel — 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