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انداز بیاں گرچہ بہت شوخ نہیں ہے
شاید کہ اتر جائے ترے دل میں مری بات
Andaz-e-bayan garche bahut shokh nahin hai
Shayad ki utar jaye tere dil mein meri baat
یا وسعت افلاک میں تکبیر مسلسل
یا خاک کے آغوش میں تسبیح و مناجات
Ya vusat-e-aflak mein takbir-e-musalsal
Ya khak ke aghosh mein tasbih-o-munajat
وہ مذہب مردان خود آگاہ و خدا مست
یہ مذہب ملا و جمادات و نباتات
Vo mazhab-e-mardan-e-khud-agah-o-khuda-mast
Ye mazhab-e-mulla-o-jamadat-o-nabatat
Source: Bal-e-Jibril (1935)
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Three couplets: the poet's manner of speech is not showy, but perhaps his word will reach your heart. He contrasts a takbir that fills the heavens with litanies in the lap of the earth, the creed of self-aware, God-intoxicated men with that of the mulla, of stones and plants.
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