آج اور کل
English title: TODAY AND TOMORROW
وہ کل کے غم و عيش پہ کچھ حق نہيں رکھتاجو آج خود افروز و جگر سوز نہيں ہے
وہ قوم نہيں لائق ہنگامہ فردا!جس قوم کي تقدير ميں امروز نہيں ہے
One who does not light and consume his heart, in future's joy or sorrow has no part. That nation can not morrow's tumult face, which is destined to lose the present race.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — آج اور کل — 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 — Today and Tomorrow — 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