تخليق
English title: CREATION
جہان تازہ کي افکار تازہ سے ہے نمودکہ سنگ و خشت سے ہوتے نہيں جہاں پيدا
New worlds derive their pomp from thoughts quite fresh and new from stones and bricks a world was neither built nor grew.
خودي ميں ڈوبنے والوں کے عزم و ہمت نےاس آبجو سے کيے بحر بے کراں پيدا
The firm resolve of those, who depths of Self explore, transforms this stream to sea that has no marge or shore.
وہي زمانے کي گردش پہ غالب آتا ہےجو ہر نفس سے کرے عمر جاوداں پيدا
The follow same is lord of freaks of fate and strife, who with e'ery breath he draws creates an eternal life.
خودي کي موت سے مشرق کي سر زمينوں ميںہوا نہ کوئي خدائي کا رازداں پيدا
The death of Self has made the lands of East effete, men who God's secrets share in these realms are deplete.
ہوائے دشت سے بوئے رفاقت آتي ہےعجب نہيں ہے کہ ہوں ميرے ہم عناں پيدا
The air of waste gives out the smell of friendship deep, perhaps there may be some who may my company keep.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — تخليق — 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 — Creation — 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