لادين سياست
English title: SECULAR POLITICS
جو بات حق ہو ، وہ مجھ سے چھپي نہيں رہتيخدا نے مجھ کو ديا ہے دل خبير و بصير
No truth from me can hide at all its face; God gave me heart awake and wise, through.
مري نگاہ ميں ہے يہ سياست لا ديںکنيز اہرمن و دوں نہاد و مردہ ضمير
In my view statesmanship cut off from creed, is Satan's slave, has no qualms, but low breed.
ہوئي ہے ترک کليسا سے حاکمي آزادفرنگيوں کي سياست ہے ديو بے زنجير
By quitting Church, Europe has freedom gained, this statesmanship is, like a giant unchained.
متاع غير پہ ہوتي ہے جب نظر اس کيتو ہيں ہراول لشکر کليسيا کے سفير
When their eyes on some weak domain alight, their Priests as vanguard act to wage the fight.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — لادين سياست — 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 — Secular Politics — 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