عورت اور تعليم
English title: EDUCATION AND WOMEN
تہذيب فرنگي ہے اگر مرگ امومتہے حضرت انساں کے ليے اس کا ثمر موت
If Frankish culture blights the motherly urge, for human race it means a funeral dirge.
جس علم کي تاثير سے زن ہوتي ہے نا زنکہتے ہيں اسي علم کو ارباب نظر موت
The lore that makes a woman lose her rank is naught, but death in eyes of wise and frank.
بيگانہ رہے ديں سے اگر مدرسہ زنہے عشق و محبت کے ليے علم و ہنر موت
If schools for girls no lore impart on creed, then lore and crafts for Love are death indeed.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — عورت اور 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 — Women 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