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وجود زن سے ہے تصویر کائنات میں رنگ
اسی کے ساز سے ہے زندگی کا سوز دروں
vujud-e-zan se hai tasvir-e-kainat men rang
isi ke saz se hai zindagi ka soz-e-darun
شرف میں بڑھ کے ثریا سے مشت خاک اس کی
کہ ہر شرف ہے اسی درج کا در مکنوں
sharaf men barh ke surayya se musht-e-khak is ki
ki har sharaf hai isi durj ka dur-e-maknun
مکالمات فلاطوں نہ لکھ سکی لیکن
اسی کے شعلے سے ٹوٹا شرار افلاطوں
mukalamat-e-falatun na likh saki lekin
isi ke shole se tuta sharar-e-aflatun
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Aurat"; Kulliyat-e-Iqbal (Urdu), p. 556, page 556
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A short poem from Zarb-e-Kalim on the place of woman in creation. Iqbal says the colour in the picture of the universe and the inner warmth of life both come from her, and that although she wrote no philosophical dialogues like Plato, the spark of a Plato was struck from her flame.
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