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Nazm · Allama Muhammad Iqbal

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Nazm by Allama Muhammad Iqbal علامہ محمد اقبال (1877–1938) · 3 verses

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مقصد ہو اگر تربَیتِ لعلِ بدخشاں

بے سُود ہے بھٹکے ہُوئے خورشید کا پر تُو

Maqsad ho agar tarbiyat-e-laal-e-Badakhshan

Be-sud hai bhatke huye khurshid ka partau

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دُنیا ہے روایات کے پھندوں میں گرفتار

کیا مَدرسہ، کیا مدرسے والوں کی تگ و دَو!

Duniya hai riwayat ke phandon mein giraftar

Kya madrasa, kya madrase walon ki tag-o-dau!

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کر سکتے تھے جو اپنے زمانے کی امامت

وہ کُہنہ دماغ اپنے زمانے کے ہیں پَیرو!

Kar sakte the jo apne zamane ki imamat

Woh kuhna dimagh apne zamane ke hain pairau!

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Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Taleem-o-Tarbiyat, nazm

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About this nazm

"Teachers": three couplets on teaching. If the aim is to bring a ruby to its full colour, the glow of a sun that has lost its way is of no use; the world is caught in the snares of custom, and so are schools and those who run them; old minds that could have led their age now only follow it.

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