ہر خاکی و نُوری پہ حکومت ہے خرد کی
باہر نہیں کچھ عقلِ خدا داد کی زد سے
Har khaki o nuri pe hukumat hai khirad ki
Bahar nahin kuchh aql-e-khuda-dad ki zad se
عالَم ہے غلام اس کے جلالِ اَزلی کا
اک دل ہے کہ ہر لحظہ اُلجھتا ہے خرد سے
Aalam hai ghulam is ke jalal-e-azali ka
Ik dil hai ke har lahza ulajhta hai khirad se
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Islam aur Musalman, nazm
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Two couplets on reason and the heart. Reason rules over every creature of clay and of light, and nothing escapes its reach; the whole world bows to its ancient majesty. Only the heart keeps quarrelling with it, moment by moment.
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