نفسيات غلامي
English title: PSYCHOLOGY OF BONDAGE
سخت باريک ہيں امراض امم کے اسبابکھول کر کہيے تو کرتا ہے بياں کوتاہي
The causes that make the nations sick are quite obscure, too vague and fine; although some man may try his best, yet cause in full he can't define.
دين شيري ميں غلاموں کے امام اور شيوخديکھتے ہيں فقط اک فلسفہ روباہي
The chiefs and guides of slaves have sunk so low that it seems so much odd! If mode of lions is presented to them, they will see naught save guile and fraud.
ہو اگر قوت فرعون کي در پردہ مريدقوم کے حق ميں ہے لعنت وہ کليم اللہي
If a Moses forms a secret League with the Pharoah of his time; for his nation such like Moses is curse committing dreadful crime.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — نفسيات غلامي — 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 — Psychology Of Bondage — 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