اميد
English title: HOPE
مقابلہ تو زمانے کا خوب کرتا ہوںاگرچہ ميں نہ سپاہي ہوں نے امير جنود
With courage great a war I wage 'gainst evils of the present age I do not bear a fighter's name, to chieftainship I lay no claim.
مجھے خبر نہيں يہ شاعري ہے يا کچھ اورعطا ہوا ہے مجھے ذکر و فکر و جذب و سرود
I am not conscious 'bout this fact if it is Verse or other tact; God has bestowed on me since long His praise, reflection, charm and song.
جبين بندہ حق ميں نمود ہے جس کياسي جلال سے لبريز ہے ضمير وجود
The flood of light that makes its show on true and faithful Muslim's brow with grandeur same is quite replete that fills being's soul and makes complete.
يہ کافري تو نہيں ، کافري سے کم بھي نہيںکہ مرد حق ہو گرفتار حاضر و موجود
You do not call it unbelief, no less it is than disbelief' that truthful man may get content I with today, for change show no intent.
غميں نہ ہو کہ بہت دور ہيں ابھي باقينئے ستاروں سے خالي نہيں سپہر کبود
Don't grieve, for millenniums and aeons more still lie ahead for man in store the ever spinning heaven blue is not devoid of planets new.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اميد — 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 — Hope — 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