اشتراکيت
English title: COMMUNISM
قوموں کي روش سے مجھے ہوتا ہے يہ معلومبے سود نہيں روس کي يہ گرمي رفتار
From wont and ways of nations all these facts so clear with ease I learn, the Russians seem to be in haste to gain the goal for which they yearn.
انديشہ ہوا شوخي افکار پہ مجبورفرسودہ طريقوں سے زمانہ ہوا بيزار
The world is red tip with the modes that aren't in vogue and are outworn; my intellect, that was tame and mild much pert and insolent has grown.
انساں کي ہوس نے جنھيں رکھا تھا چھپا کرکھلتے نظر آتے ہيں بتدريج وہ اسرار
These mysteries which the greed of man had kept in veils of stuff so coarse are step by step emerging now and coming forth by dint of force.
قرآن ميں ہو غوطہ زن اے مرد مسلماںاللہ کرے تجھ کو عطا جدت کردار
O Muslim, dive deep in the Book, which was revealed to Prophets' Seal. May God, by grace on you bestow politeness, for good deeds much.zeal!
جو حرف 'قل العفو' ميں پوشيدہ ہے اب تک!اس دور ميں شايد وہ حقيقت ہو نمودار
The fact concealed in words so far, ‘spend what is surplus and is spare’ may come to light in modern age and make the meanings clear and bare.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — اشتراکيت — 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 — Communism — 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