حقيقت ازلي ہے رقابت اقوام
English title: The discord that prevails among
حقيقت ازلي ہے رقابت اقوامنگاہ پير فلک ميں نہ ميں عزيز ، نہ تو
The discord that prevails among the nations is an eternal truth: This old and tyrant whirling dome for none of us has any ruth.
خودي ميں ڈوب ، زمانے سے نا اميد نہ ہوکہ اس کا زخم ہے درپردہ اہتمام رفو
Dive into the abyss of Self and do not yield before despair the wounds that: world on you inflicts is secret means of their repair.
رہے گا تو ہي جہاں ميں يگانہ و يکتا'اتر گيا جو ترے دل ميں 'لاشريک لہ
If this truth that God has no peer sinks down in inner part of heart; you shall excel in grandeur all, in world affairs shall play great part.
Sources and translator credits
- Original text transcription: Zarb-e-Kalim — حقيقت ازلي ہے رقابت اقوام — 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 — — 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