انتداب
English title: TUTELAGE
کہاں فرشتہ تہذيب کي ضرورت ہےنہيں زمانہ حاضر کو اس ميں دشواري
It is not hard to find in present age the place which needs culture's angelic sage.
جہاں قمار نہيں ، زن تنک لباس نہيںجہاں حرام بتاتے ہيں شغل مے خواري
Where dice and drink are both by law forbid, and women keep their bodies fully hide.
بدن ميں گرچہ ہے اک روح ناشکيب و عميقطريقہ اب و جد سے نہيں ہے بيزاري
Although my body has a deep restless heart, yet forbears' wont no disgust can impart.
جسور و زيرک و پردم ہے بچہ بدوينہيں ہے فيض مکاتب کا چشمہ جاري
Although deprived of School's beneficial fount on Bedouin’s wit and courage we can count.
نظروران فرنگي کا ہے يہي فتويوہ سرزميں مدنيت سے ہے ابھي عاري
The wise 'mong Franks this verdict declare of culture Arab lands are fully bare.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — انتداب — 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 — Tutelage — 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